Dace Ruskule

Dace Ruskule

Personal information
Full name	Dace Ruskule
Nationality	Latvia
Born	(1981-09-20) 20 September 1981 Bauska, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height
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. 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.

External links

• Dace Ruskule profile at IAAF
• Player Bio – Nebraska Cornhuskers
• Profile – Latvian Olympic Committee