Igor Laikert

Igor Laikert
Personal information
Born27 February 1991 (1991-02-27) (age 34)
Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
OccupationAlpine skier
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom
World Cup debut6 January 2011 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams1 (2014)
World Championships
Teams4 – (201117)
World Cup
Seasons5 – (201115)

Igor Laikert (born 27 February 1991 in Zenica, 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 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.

Laikert participated at the 2011 World Military Skiing Championship in Bjelašnica he finished at 9th place in the men's Giant slalom event.