Igor Laikert Explained

Igor Laikert
Disciplines:Slalom
Birth Place:Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Wcdebut:6 January 2011 (age 19)
Olympicteams:1 (2014)
Worldsteams:4 – (201117)
Wcseasons:5 – (201115)

Igor Laikert (born 27 February 1991[1] in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina[2]) is an alpine skier from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He will compete for Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2014 Winter Olympics in all the alpine skiing events.[3] [4]

The selection of alpine skier Žana Novaković as flagbearer for the 2014 Winter Olympics resulted in controversy as Igor Laikert had better results. There were suggestions that this had to due with the ethnic divide in the country with Laikert coming from the Muslim-Croat community.[4]

Laikert participated at the 2011 World Military Skiing Championship in Bjelašnica he finished at 9th place in the men's Giant slalom event.[5]

World Cup results

Results per discipline

DisciplineWC startsWC Top 30WC Top 15WC Top 5WC PodiumBest result
DateLocationPlace
7 0 0 0 0 9 March 2014 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia 57th
2 0 0 0 0 26 October 2014 Sölden, Austria 62nd
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
Total 9 0 0 0 0

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombinedTeam Event
19
21
23
25

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
22 27

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=127615&type=result FIS Biography
  2. Web site: Sochi 2014 profile . 2014-02-14 . 2014-02-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140213200100/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-igor-laikert . dead .
  3. News: 12 January 2014 . 5 Representatives of B&H in Sochi . Sarajevo Times. 15 January 2014 .
  4. News: 30 January 2014 . Bosnian Olympic Flag Carrier Choice Stirs Controversy . . 30 January 2014 .
  5. Web site: Men's Giant Slalom results at the 2011 World Military Skiing Championship. www.fis-ski.com . 29 January 2019 .