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Rūta Kate Lasmane
Latvian athlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rūta Kate Lasmane (born 17 December 2000) is a Latvian track and field athlete. She is a multiple time Latvian national champion in the triple jump and long jump. She won the triple jump at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships and competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]
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Early life
Born and raised in Ventspils, Latvia, she began jumping at twelve years-old. She began at Florida State University in September 2020 to study psychology.[2]
Career
She was a bronze medalist in the triple jump at the European U20 Athletics Championships in Boras in 2019. She was a bronze medalist in the triple jump at the European U23 Athletics Championships in Tallinn in 2021.[3]
She won a bronze medal in the triple jump competition of the 2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Athletics Championships, breaking the Latvian indoor record held by Gundega Sproģi from 1999, with a jump of 14.15 metres.[4][5]
Lasmane made her senior international debut at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, in the triple jump, but did not reach the final.[6][7]
In May 2023, she finished second in the triple jump in division two of the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships competition in Chorzow, Poland.[8]
She won the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts with a personal best distance of 14.47 metres.[9][10] She competed in the triple jump at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, where she jumped 13.76 metres but did not qualify for the final.[11]
She suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in 2025 which required surgery, and prevented her from attempting to retain her NCAA Indoor title in March 2025.[12]
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Personal life
Her father is Olympic rower Uģis Lasmanis and her brother is Latvian Olympic basketball player Kārlis Lasmanis.[13][14]
References
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