Igor Laikert (born February 27, 1991 in
Zenica
Zenica ( ; ; ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an administrative and economic center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Zenica-Doboj Canton. It is located in the Bosna (river), Bosna river valley, about north of Sarajevo. Th ...
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina) 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.
The selection of
alpine skier Žana Novaković
Žana Novaković ( sr-cyrl, Жана Новаковић; born June 24, 1985) is a female alpine skier from Bosnia and Herzegovina who competed for Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She carried her nation's flag at the 2010 Winter ...
as flagbearer for the
2014 Winter Olympics
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
, nations = 88
, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
, cauldron =
, stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
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.
Laikert participated at the 2011
World Military Skiing Championship in
Bjelašnica he finished at 9th place in the men's
Giant slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G.
Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...
event.
World Cup results
Results per discipline
World Championship results
Olympic results
See also
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Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2014 Winter Olympics
References
1991 births
Living people
Bosnia and Herzegovina male alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Zenica
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