Lucas Eguibar

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

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

Career

Lucas Eguibar has had three world cup victories with eight podiums finishes more 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 in 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 2013 Arosa, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross3rd
201412 Jan 2014 Vallnord-Arcalís, AndorraSnowboard cross2nd
201514 Mar 2015 Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross1st
15 Mar 2015Snowboard cross2nd
201621 Feb 2016 Sunny Valley, RussiaSnowboard cross3rd
6 Mar 2016 Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross1st
20 Mar 2016 Baqueira-Beret, SpainSnowboard cross3rd
201711 Feb 2017 Feldberg, GermanySnowboard cross2nd
201813 Dec 2017 Val Thorens, FranceSnowboard cross3rd
17 Mar 2018 Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross3rd
201916 Mar 2019 Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross1st
20207 Mar 2020 Sierra Nevada, SpainSnowboard cross1st

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

Olympic results

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

References
  1. "FIS-Ski – biographie". Fédération Internationale de Ski. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Javier Fernández		 Flagbearer for  Spain
2018 Pyeongchang		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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