Lucas Eguibar

Lucas Eguibar
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing  Spain
World Championships
2017 Sierra NevadaSnowboard cross
2017 Sierra NevadaSnowboard team cross
Junior World Championships
2013 ErzurumSnowboard cross
2014 ValmalencoSnowboard cross

Lucas Eguibar Bretón (born 9 February 1994 in San Sebastián) is a Spanish snowboarder.

Career

Lucas Eguibar has had two world cup victories and eight podiums finishes to date.

He won the Europa Cup in season 2011/2012. In 2013 he won a gold medal at the 2013 FIS Junior World Championships in Erzurum, Turkey.

His first world cup podium was in Arosa, Switzerland on 9 March 2013.[1] He made another podium at the world cup, finishing in 2nd position in Vallnord-Arcalís, Andorra on 12 January 2014. His first World Cup victory was in Veysonnaz, Switzerland on 14 March 2015, becoming the first Spanish snowboarder to win a snowboard world cup event.

He won the 2014-15 FIS Snowboard cross World Cup, becoming the first Spanish snowboarder that win a Cristal Globe. He finished third un the next season.

Lucas competed in his first Olympic Winter Games in 2014. He won all his races except for the semi-final, where he fell and was disqualified for missing a gate. Eguibar won small final and finished 7th in his very first Olympics.

World Cup podiums

Individual events

Season Date Location Discipline Place
20139 Mar 2013Switzerland Arosa, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross3rd
201412 Jan 2014Andorra Vallnord-Arcalís, AndorraSnowboard cross2nd
201514 Mar 2015Switzerland Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross1st
15 Mar 2015Snowboard cross2nd
201621 Feb 2016Russia Sunny Valley, RussiaSnowboard cross3rd
6 Mar 2016Switzerland Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross1st
20 Mar 2016Spain Baqueira-Beret, SpainSnowboard cross3rd
201711 Feb 2017Germany Feldberg, GermanySnowboard cross2nd
201813 Dec 2017France Val Thorens, FranceSnowboard cross3rd
17 Mar 2018Switzerland Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross3rd

Team events

Season Date Location Discipline Place
201718 Dec 2016Austria Montafon, AustriaSnowboard cross team1st
201817 Dec 2017Austria Montafon, AustriaSnowboard cross team1st
18 Mar 2018Switzerland Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross team2nd

Olympic results

Season Date Location Discipline Place
201418 Feb 2014Russia Sochi, RusiaSnowboard cross7th
201815 Feb 2018South Korea Pyeongchang, South KoreaSnowboard cross33rd

References

  1. ↑ "FIS-Ski – biographie". Fédération Internationale de Ski. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Javier Fernández		 Flagbearer for  Spain
2018 Pyeongchang		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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