Ieva Krusta

Ieva Krusta (born 8 August 1976 as Ieva Pikšena) is a Latvian curler. She is currently the lead on the Latvian National Women's Curling Team.

Ieva Krusta
Curler
Born	Ieva Pikšena (1976-08-08) 8 August 1976 (age 49)
Team
Skip	Evelīna Barone
Third	Santa Blumberga
Second	Ieva Rudzīte
Lead	Ieva Krusta
Alternate	Tīna Siliņa
Curling career
Member Association	Latvia
World Championship appearances	3 (2010, 2013, 2019)
European Championship appearances	10 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Career

Krusta was the second for the Latvian team at the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, Canada.^[1] The team finished in last with a 1–10 record. She also represented Latvia at the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship at home in Riga, Latvia, finishing again in the last place with a 1–10 record. The team qualified for the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship after posting an impressive 4–5 record at the 2018 European Curling Championships which included defeating higher-ranked Scotland's Eve Muirhead. The team did not have the same success at the World's as they did at the Europeans, finishing once again in last with a 1–11 record.

She currently serves as one of the coaches of the Latvian junior women's team.^[2]