Lāsma Kauniste Explained

Lāsma Kauniste
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Birth Date:19 April 1942
Birth Place:Riga, Reichskommissariat Ostland
Height:1.67m (05.48feet)
Weight:600NaN0
Sport:Speed skating
Club:Lokomotiv Riga
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Lāsma Kauniste (Russian: Ласма Хермановна Каунисте, Lasma Khermanovna Kauniste), née Avotiņa (Russian: Авотиня, Avotinya), (born 19 April 1942) is a Latvian speed skater.

Lāsma Avotiņa married Estonian speed skater Toivo Kauniste in 1962 and they settled in Riga. Competing for the Soviet Union as Lāsma Kauniste, she won bronze at the Soviet All-round Championships in 1967 and silver at the World Allround Championships. Despite never winning the Soviet Allround Championships, she was crowned World All-round Champion in 1969. she competed in the 1,000 m, 1,500 m, and 3,000 m events at the 1968 Winter Olympics with the best result of fifth place on 1,500 m.

Kauniste was active in speed skating for a long time, participating in Masters events. She became World Champion Masters in the category over 60 in both 2002 and 2004. At the 2007 World Championships Masters, she won silver in the category over 60.

Her achievements earned her the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR title.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Kauniste at important championships:

Championshipsalign=center bgcolor=gold Gold medal align=center bgcolor=silver Silver medal align=center bgcolor=cc9966 Bronze medal
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1969 1967  -
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Soviet Allround  - 1968
1969
1970
1967
Soviet Sprint  -  -  -
Soviet Single Distance 1967 (1,000 m)
1968 (1,500 m)
1969 (1,000 m)
1973 (500 m)
1968 (1,000 m)
1970 (1,000 m)
1968 (3,000 m)
1973 (1,000 m)

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