| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 February 1991 (age 33) Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | Alpine skier |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Slalom |
| World Cup debut | 6 January 2011 (age 19) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 1 (2014) |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 4 – (2011–17) |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 5 – (2011–15) |
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]
| Discipline | WC starts | WC Top 30 | WC Top 15 | WC Top 5 | WC Podium | Best result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Place | ||||||
| Slalom | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 March 2014 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | 57th |
| Giant slalom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 October 2014 |  Sölden, Austria | 62nd |
| Super-G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Downhill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Combined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
| 2011 | 19 | — | — | 38 | 43 | 23 | — |
| 2013 | 21 | DNFQ1 | — | 48 | DNF | 21 | — |
| 2015 | 23 | DNF1 | 46 | 50 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 25 | DNFQ2 | DNFQ2 | — | — | — | — |
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2014 | 22 | DNF2 | DNF1 | 50 | 44 | 27 |
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