Iñaki Laskurain

Iñaki Laskurain
Birth nameIñaki Laskurain González
Date of birth (1968-08-05) 5 August 1968 (age 56)
Place of birthEibar, Basque Country, Spain
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight198 lb (90 kg)
Occupation(s)President of the Basque Rugby Federation
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1984-198? Eibar RT ()
1986-1989 Atlético San Sebastián[1] ()
1989-1997[2][3] Getxo Artea RT ()
1997-199?[4] Aviron Bayonnais ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1991-1995 Spain 15 (0)
Coaching career
Years Team
2005-2007 Durango RT
2007-2009 Bera Bera RT

Iñaki Laskurain González (born in Eibar, on 5 August 1968) is a Spanish former rugby player and coach, who played as flanker.[5] He was the President of the Basque Rugby Federation between 2013[6] and 2020.[7][8]

Career

He mostly played for Getxo Artea RT, with which he played 9 seasons and won 4 Copa del Rey de Rugby titles, 1 División de Honor title.[9] Laskurain also played for Eibar RT, Aviron Bayonnais[10] and Atlético San Sebastián.[11] He was also an international for Spain, with his first senior cap being against France at Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, on 28 April 1991 and his last international cap was during the test match against Scotland in Madrid, on 6 May 1995. He also played for Spain U23[12] and Spain sevens, disputing the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens for the latter. He also played Basque Country national team at the San Mamés stadium in 1989. Outside the fields, he worked as an insurance broker.[13]

Coaching career

Laskurain first coached Durango RT between 2005 and 2007.[14] Later, he coached Bera Bera RT between 2007 and 2009 until being sacked.[15] He also coached the Basque Country national team.[16]

References

  1. ^ http://ferugby.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Bolet%C3%ADn-31-21-05-1989.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "El primer paso de la época dorada del Getxo Rugby". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  3. ^ "Cuando el Getxo dominaba el rugby". El Correo (in Spanish). 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  4. ^ "Cuestión de dinero". El País (in Spanish). 1998-11-26. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  5. ^ Revista22 (2020-06-11). "Laskurain: "¿Queremos un rugby para pasarlo bien solo o crear un producto atractivo?"". Veintidós (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Iñaki Laskurain, presidente de la Federación Vasca de rugby" (in European Spanish). 11 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  7. ^ http://ferugby.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/13-Pa%C3%ADs-Vasco-Anuario-FER-1986-87.-Federaciones-Auton%C3%B3micas.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ "Laskurain deja la presidencia de la Vasca". 5 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Iñaki Laskurain, presidente de la Federación Vasca de Rugby". UNISPORT (in Spanish). 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  10. ^ "Laskurain deja la presidencia de la Vasca". www.noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  11. ^ "The idea". RugbyChallengeDSS. 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  12. ^ "Laskurain: "El futuro no estará en el mundo profesional, salvo para unos pocos"". El Diario Vasco (in European Spanish). 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  13. ^ https://es.linkedin.com/in/i%C3%B1aki-laskurain-99573a3a. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ "| RUGBY | Iñaki Laskurain trabaja ya en la preparación física de todos los equipos del Eibar Rugby Taldea". El Correo (in European Spanish). 2007-07-23. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  15. ^ "Pegamo Bera Bera destituye a Galdós y Laskurain como entrenadores - MARCA.com". www.marca.com. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  16. ^ "El árbol y las manzanas". www.noticiasdealava.eus. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 2020-11-19.


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