Lucas Eguibar

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Eguibar and the second or maternal family name is Bretón.
Lucas Eguibar
Personal information
Full nameLucas Eguibar Bretón
NationalitySpanish
Born (1994-02-09) 9 February 1994
San Sebastián, Spain
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountrySpain
SportSnowboarding
EventSnowboard cross
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing  Spain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Idre Snowboard cross
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sierra Nevada Snowboard cross
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sierra Nevada Team snowboard cross
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Erzurum Snowboard cross
Silver medal – second place 2014 Valmalenco Snowboard cross

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

Career

At the moment, Lucas Eguibar has 5 world cup victories with 18 total podiums finishes.

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
2013 9 March 2013 Switzerland Arosa, Switzerland Snowboard cross 3rd
2014 12 January 2014 Andorra Vallnord-Arcalís, Andorra Snowboard cross 2nd
2015 14 March 2015 Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard cross 1st
15 March 2015 Snowboard cross 2nd
2016 21 February 2016 Russia Sunny Valley, Russia Snowboard cross 3rd
6 March 2016 Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard cross 1st
20 March 2016 Spain Baqueira-Beret, Spain Snowboard cross 3rd
2017 11 February 2017 Germany Feldberg, Germany Snowboard cross 2nd
2018 13 December 2017 France Val Thorens, France Snowboard cross 3rd
17 March 2018 Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard cross 3rd
2019 16 March 2019 Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard cross 1st
2020 7 March 2020 Spain Sierra Nevada, Spain Snowboard cross 1st
2021 18 February 2021 Austria Reiteralm, Austria Snowboard cross 2nd
2022 18 December 2021 Italy Cervinia, Italy Snowboard cross 3rd
2023 11 March 2023 Spain Sierra Nevada, Spain Snowboard cross 1st
12 March 2023 Snowboard cross 2nd
25 March 2023 Canada Mt. St. Anne, Canada Snowboard cross 3rd
2024 3 December 2023 France Les Deux Alpes, France Snowboard cross 3rd

Team events

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2017 18 December 2016 Austria Montafon, Austria Snowboard cross team 1st
2018 17 December 2017 Austria Montafon, Austria Snowboard cross team 1st
18 March 2018 Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard cross team 2nd

Olympic results

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2014 18 February 2014 Russia Sochi, Rusia Snowboard cross 7th
2018 15 February 2018 South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea Snowboard cross 33rd
2022 10 February 2022 China Beijing, China Snowboard cross 7th

References

  1. ^ "FIS-Ski – biographie". Fédération Internationale de Ski. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
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