Lucas Eguibar

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

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
Event(s)Snowboard cross
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing  Spain
World Championships
2021 IdreSnowboard cross
2017 Sierra NevadaSnowboard cross
2017 Sierra NevadaSnowboard team cross
Junior World Championships
2013 ErzurumSnowboard cross
2014 ValmalencoSnowboard cross

Career

At the moment, Lucas Eguibar has 4 world cup victories with 13 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
20139 March 2013 Arosa, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross3rd
201412 January 2014 Vallnord-Arcalís, AndorraSnowboard cross2nd
201514 March 2015 Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross1st
15 March 2015Snowboard cross2nd
201621 February 2016 Sunny Valley, RussiaSnowboard cross3rd
6 March 2016 Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross1st
20 March 2016 Baqueira-Beret, SpainSnowboard cross3rd
201711 February 2017 Feldberg, GermanySnowboard cross2nd
201813 December 2017 Val Thorens, FranceSnowboard cross3rd
17 March 2018 Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross3rd
201916 March 2019 Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard cross1st
20207 March 2020 Sierra Nevada, SpainSnowboard cross1st
202118 February 2021 Reiteralm, AustriaSnowboard cross2nd
202218 December 2021 Cervinia, ItalySnowboard cross3rd

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

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

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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