Dace Ruskule
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Dace Ruskule |
| Nationality |
 Latvia |
| Born |
20 September 1981 Bauska, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Discus throw |
| College team |
Nebraska Cornhuskers (USA) |
| Club | Bauska LSPA |
| Coached by | Guntars Gailītis |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Discus throw: 59.68 (2004) |
Dace Ruskule (born September 20, 1981 in Bauska) is a retired Latvian discus thrower.[1] 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.[2][3]
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.[4] 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.[5] [6]
References
- ↑ "Dace Ruskule". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ "Ruskule Boosts NU Women into NCAA Lead". Nebraska Cornhuskers. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ "Huskers Crown An NCAA Champion". KLKN. 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ "Par diviem olimpiešiem vairāk" [Two more Olympians are about to compete] (in Latvian). Diena. 10 June 2004. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's Discus Throw Qualification". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- ↑ Andžs, Artūrs (21 August 2004). "Ruskule un Zunda paliek kvalifikācijā" [Ruskule and Zunda failed to qualify] (in Latvian). Apollo (Latvia). Retrieved 21 May 2014.
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