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Lucas Eguibar

{{short description|Spanish snowboarder}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{family name hatnote|Eguibar|Bretón|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Lucas Eguibar

| fullname = Lucas Eguibar Bretón

| image =

| nationality = Spanish

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|2|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = San Sebastián, Spain

| height = 1.82 m

| weight = 82 kg

| sport = Snowboarding

| country = Spain

| event = Snowboard cross

| club =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's snowboarding }}

{{MedalCountry | {{ESP}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Idre|Snowboard cross}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Sierra Nevada|Snowboard cross}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Sierra Nevada|FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 – Men's snowboard team cross}}

{{MedalSport|Junior World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Erzurum|Snowboard cross}}

{{MedalSilver|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.{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=SB&competitorid=156661&type=result |title=FIS-Ski – biographie |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Ski |accessdate=13 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145427/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=SB&competitorid=156661&type=result |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }} 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=

class="wikitable"
Season

! Date

! Location

! Discipline

! Place

align=center|2013align=right|9 March 2013{{flagicon|SUI}} Arosa, Switzerlandalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|3rd
align=center|2014align=right|12 January 2014{{flagicon|AND}} Vallnord-Arcalís, Andorraalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|2nd
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2015style="text-align:right; background:#BOEOE6;"|14 March 2015rowspan=2|{{flagicon|SUI}} Veysonnaz, Switzerlandalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st
align=right|15 March 2015align=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|2nd
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|2016align=right|21 February 2016{{flagicon|RUS}} Sunny Valley, Russiaalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|3rd
style="text-align:right; background:#BOEOE6;"|6 March 2016{{flagicon|SUI}} Veysonnaz, Switzerlandalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st
align=right|20 March 2016{{flagicon|ESP}} Baqueira-Beret, Spainalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|3rd
align=center|2017align=right|11 February 2017{{flagicon|GER}} Feldberg, Germanyalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|2nd
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2018align=right|13 December 2017{{flagicon|FRA}} Val Thorens, Francealign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|3rd
align=right|17 March 2018{{flagicon|SUI}} Veysonnaz, Switzerlandalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|3rd
align=center|2019style="text-align:right; background:#BOEOE6;"|16 March 2019{{flagicon|SUI}} Veysonnaz, Switzerlandalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st
align=center|2020style="text-align:right; background:#BOEOE6;"|7 March 2020{{flagicon|ESP}} Sierra Nevada, Spainalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st
align=center|2021align=right|18 February 2021{{flagicon|AUT}} Reiteralm, Austriaalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|2nd
align=center|2022align=right|18 December 2021{{flagicon|ITA}} Cervinia, Italyalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|3rd
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|2023style="text-align:right; background:#BOEOE6;"|11 March 2023rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sierra Nevada, Spainalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st
align=right|12 March 2023align=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|2nd
align=right|25 March 2023{{flagicon|CAN}} Mt. St. Anne, Canadaalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|3rd
align=center|2024align=right|3 December 2023{{flagicon|FRA}} Les Deux Alpes, Francealign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|3rd

=Team events=

class="wikitable"
Season

! Date

! Location

! Discipline

! Place

style="text-align:center;"|2017style="text-align:right; background:#BOEOE6;"|18 December 2016{{flagicon|AUT}} Montafon, Austriaalign=center| Snowboard cross teamalign=center bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2018style="text-align:right; background:#BOEOE6;"|17 December 2017{{flagicon|AUT}} Montafon, Austriaalign=center| Snowboard cross teamalign=center bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st
align=right|18 March 2018{{flagicon|SUI}} Veysonnaz, Switzerlandalign=center| Snowboard cross teamalign=center|2nd

Olympic results

class="wikitable"
Season

! Date

! Location

! Discipline

! Place

align=center|2014align=right|18 February 2014{{flagicon|RUS}} Sochi, Rusiaalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|7th
align=center|2018align=right|15 February 2018{{flagicon|KOR}} Pyeongchang, South Koreaalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|33rd
align=center|2022align=right|10 February 2022{{flagicon|CHN}} Beijing, Chinaalign=center| Snowboard crossalign=center|7th

References

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{{succession box

| before = Javier Fernández

| title = Flagbearer for {{ESP}}

| years = 2018 Pyeongchang

| after = Incumbent

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{{Footer World Champions SB Snowboard Cross Men}}

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Category:1994 births

Category:Spanish male snowboarders

Category:Living people

Category:Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Category:Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic snowboarders for Spain

Category:Sportspeople from San Sebastián

Category:21st-century Spanish sportsmen