Ieva Januškevičiūtė

Ieva Januškevičiūtė

Ieva Januškevičiūtė 2009
Personal information
Born September 22, 1994 (1994-09-22) (age 21)
Vilnius, Lithuania
Sport
Club Vilnius "Kalnų Ereliai"

Ieva Januškevičiūtė (born 22 September 1994) is a Lithuanian alpine skier.[1]

Biography

In 2012 at the age of 18 she broke Lithuanian national records of women's alpine skiing FIS points.[2]

In 2013 she competed at FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013: 81st in giant slalom, did not finished in slalom.

In 2014 Januškevičiūtė was selected to represent Lithuania in 2014 Winter Olympic Games.[3] She attracted a lot of local media attention as being the first Lithuanian female alpine skier that qualified for the Olympics.[4]

In 2014 Winter Olympics she participated in two events. Januškevičiūtė finished 71st at the first run of giant slalom, but did not finished the second one.[5] During the slalom one of her skies detached and she could not finish the course.[6]

References

  1. ↑ FIS profile
  2. ↑ "Kalnų slidininkės Ievos Januškevičiūtės svajonė – olimpiada" (in Lithuanian). 15min. 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
  3. ↑ Sočio žaidynėse akredituoti 9 mūsų sportininkai
  4. ↑ „Kalnų ereliukė“ iš Liepkalnio dėl olimpiados paaukojo universitetą
  5. ↑ "Ieva Januškevičiūtė Sočyje – slalomo milžino pirmame nusileidime aplenkė 18 varžovių, tačiau antrajame nugriuvo" (in Lithuanian). 15min. 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
  6. ↑ "Tikslo nepasiekusi I. Januškevičiūtė plūdo ašaromis: klaidos aš nepadariau" (in Lithuanian). Delfi. 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-22.


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