| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Dace Ruskule |
| Nationality |  Latvia |
| Born | (1981-09-20) 20 September 1981 (age 43) Bauska, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Discus throw |
| College team | Nebraska Cornhuskers (USA) |
| Club | Bauska LSPA |
| Coached by | Guntars Gailītis |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Discus throw: 59.68 (2004) |
Dace Ruskule (born September 20, 1981) is a retired Latvian discus thrower. 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.
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. 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.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dace Ruskule". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. 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). Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
External links
- Dace Ruskule at World Athletics
- Dace Ruskule Archived 2014-05-21 at the Wayback Machine at Nebraska Cornhuskers
- Dace Ruskule at Olympedia (archive)
- Dace Ruskule at Olympics.com
- Dace Ruskule at Olympic.org (archived)
- Dace Ruskule at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Latvian female discus throwers
- Olympic athletes for Latvia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Nebraska Cornhuskers women's track and field athletes
- People from Bauska
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Latvian athletics biography stubs