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 place2021 IdreSnowboard cross
Silver medal – second place2017 Sierra NevadaSnowboard cross
Silver medal – second place2017 Sierra NevadaTeam snowboard cross
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 ErzurumSnowboard cross
Silver medal – second place2014 ValmalencoSnowboard cross

Lucas Eguibar Bretón[1] (born 9 February 1994) is a Spanish snowboarder of Basque descent.

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.[2] 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 March 2013Switzerland Arosa, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross3rd
201412 January 2014Andorra Vallnord-Arcalís, AndorraSnowboard cross2nd
201514 March 2015Switzerland Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross1st
15 March 2015Snowboard cross2nd
201621 February 2016Russia Sunny Valley, RussiaSnowboard cross3rd
6 March 2016Switzerland Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross1st
20 March 2016Spain Baqueira-Beret, SpainSnowboard cross3rd
201711 February 2017Germany Feldberg, GermanySnowboard cross2nd
201813 December 2017France Val Thorens, FranceSnowboard cross3rd
17 March 2018Switzerland Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross3rd
201916 March 2019Switzerland Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross1st
20207 March 2020Spain Sierra Nevada, SpainSnowboard cross1st
202118 February 2021Austria Reiteralm, AustriaSnowboard cross2nd
202218 December 2021Italy Cervinia, ItalySnowboard cross3rd
202311 March 2023Spain Sierra Nevada, SpainSnowboard cross1st
12 March 2023Snowboard cross2nd
25 March 2023Canada Mt. St. Anne, CanadaSnowboard cross3rd
20243 December 2023France Les Deux Alpes, FranceSnowboard cross3rd

Team events

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

Olympic results

Season Date Location Discipline Place
201418 February 2014Russia Sochi, RusiaSnowboard cross7th
201815 February 2018South Korea Pyeongchang, South KoreaSnowboard cross33rd
202210 February 2022China Beijing, ChinaSnowboard cross7th

References

  1. ↑ or Egibar in Standard Basque
  2. ↑ "FIS-Ski – biographie". Fédération Internationale de Ski. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
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