Evgeni Klimov

Evgeniy Dmitriyevich Klimov (Russian: Евге́ний Дми́триевич Кли́мов; born 3 February 1994) is a Russian ski jumper and a former Nordic combined skier. He is the first Russian in history who won the individual ski jumping World Cup event for men. He also took the Grand Prix 2018 overall title in ski jumping. He also has the national record for the longest ski jump with 237m.

Evgeniy Klimov
Евге́ний Дми́триевич Кли́мов
Evgeniy Klimov, FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Four Hills Tournament, Bischofshofen 2017.
Country Russia
Full nameEvgeniy Dmitriyevich Klimov
Born (1994-02-03) 3 February 1994
Perm, Russia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Ski clubGBU TSTOVS
Moskovskaya oblast Ski s.
Personal best237 m (778 ft)
Planica, 11 December 2020
World Cup career
Seasons20132015 (nor. combined)
2016–present (ski jumping)
Individual wins1 (ski jumping)
Indiv. podiums3 (ski jumping)
Indiv. starts17 (nordic combined)
103 (ski jumping)
Team starts6 (nordic combined)
28 (ski jumping)
Updated on 7 February 2021.

Career

Nordic combined

Klimov competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. He placed 45th in the normal hill Nordic combined event, after being 3rd in the ski jumping portion, and 9th in the team event.[1][2]

As of September 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 12th, in the 2013 team event. His best individual finish is 49th, in the 2013 large hill event.

Klimov made his World Cup debut in February 2013. His best individual finish is 30th, at a large hill event at Kuusamo in 2013/14. His best World Cup overall finish is 80th, in 2013/14.

Ski jumping

He ended Nordic combined career and switched to ski jumping career in 2015. He won two medals in ski jumping at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Osrblie, Slovakia.[3] He made a World Cup debut in 2015/16 season.

Klimov won the 2018 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix. He then won his first World Cup title in Wisła, becoming the first Russian to achieve that feat.[4]

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2015/16 5641N/AN/AN/AN/A
2016/17 17122340N/AN/AN/A
2017/18 654334N/A44
2018/19 121510108N/A22
2019/20 31301332N/A
2020/21 3734N/A

Individual wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2018/1918 November 2018   WisłaMalinka HS134LH

Individual starts (103)

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Points
2015/16 21
32 35 35 18 46 28 43 q q 41 28 50 41 q q 46 q 29 38
2016/17 382
45 12 16 39 20 18 16 13 18 3 16 38 19 10 11 17 18 16 42 12 7 12 36 29 19
2017/18 7
49 q 48 39 q 44 26 29 50 q 32 33 q
2018/19 592
1 31 26 11 8 5 8 20 16 19 26 11 23 29 2 7 13 22 11 6 14 11 10
2019/20 140
40 41 50 37 16 37 22 22 q 39 22 q 11 45 24 38 28 23 35 19 30 24 7
2020/21 77
31 7 29 17 36 26 50 47 23 41 19

References

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