Rūta Lasmane
Latvian athlete
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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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| Nationality | Latvian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Events | Long jump Triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Long Jump: 6.42m (Lubbock, 2022) Triple Jump: 14.47m (Boston, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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, where she competed for the Florida State Seminoles track and field team.[2] She later transferred to the Texas Tech Red Raiders track and field team.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5][6]
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.[7][8]
In May 2023, she finished second in the triple jump in division two of the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships competition in Chorzów, Poland.[9]
She won the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts with a personal best distance of 14.47 metres.[10][11] 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.[12]
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.[13]
Lasmane qualified for the 2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, placing fourth in the triple jump.[14][15] In March, she placed twelfth at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[16]
Personal life
Her father is Olympic rower Uģis Lasmanis and her brother is Latvian Olympic basketball player Kārlis Lasmanis.[17][18]