Dace Ruskule

{{Short description|Latvian discus thrower (born 1981)}}

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| nationality = {{LAT}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = Discus throw

| collegeteam = Nebraska Cornhuskers
(USA)

| club = Bauska LSPA

| coach = Guntars Gailītis

| pb = Discus throw: 59.68 (2004)

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| birth_place = Bauska, Latvian SSR,
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Dace Ruskule (born September 20, 1981) is a retired Latvian discus thrower.{{cite sports-reference|title = Dace Ruskule|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/dace-ruskule-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052556/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/dace-ruskule-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 21 May 2014}} She represented her nation Latvia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and later became a titleholder in women's discus throw at the 2006 NCAA Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, California, representing her collegiate team Nebraska Cornhuskers in the United States.{{cite news|title=Ruskule Boosts NU Women into NCAA Lead|url=http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=293738|publisher=Nebraska Cornhuskers|date=9 June 2006|accessdate=21 May 2014}}{{cite news|title=Huskers Crown An NCAA Champion|url=http://www.klkntv.com/story/5013166/huskers-crown-an-ncaa-champion|publisher=KLKN|year=2006|accessdate=21 May 2014}}

Ruskule qualified for the women's discus throw at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by achieving a personal best of 59.68 from the Latvian Championships in Riga.{{cite news|title=Par diviem olimpiešiem vairāk|trans-title=Two more Olympians are about to compete|language=Latvian|url=http://www.diena.lv/arhivs/par-diviem-olimpiesiem-vairak-12042012|publisher=Diena|date=10 June 2004|accessdate=21 May 2014}} She threw a discus with a satisfying distance of 57.43 metres on her second attempt in the prelims, but fell short to compete for the final round with a twenty-eighth overall place effort.{{cite web|title=IAAF Athens 2004: Women's Discus Throw Qualification|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/olympic-games/28th-olympic-games-3201/results/women/discus-throw/qualification/summary|work=Athens 2004|publisher=IAAF|accessdate=27 September 2013}}{{cite news|last=Andžs|first=Artūrs|title=Ruskule un Zunda paliek kvalifikācijā|trans-title=Ruskule and Zunda failed to qualify|language=Latvian|url=http://www.apollo.lv/zinas/ruskule-un-zunda-paliek-kvalifikacija/288524|publisher=Apollo (Latvia)|date=21 August 2004|accessdate=21 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521124034/http://www.apollo.lv/zinas/ruskule-un-zunda-paliek-kvalifikacija/288524|archive-date=21 May 2014|url-status=dead}}