Ilya Burov

Ilya Alekseyevich Burov also known as Ilia Burov (Russian: Илья Алексеевич Буров; born 13 November 1991) is a Russian freestyle skier, specializing in aerials.[1]

Ilya Burov
Country Russia
Full nameIlya Alekseyevich Burov
Born (1991-11-13) 13 November 1991
Yaroslavl, Russian SSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
World Cup career
Individual wins0
Indiv. podiums8

Career

Burov competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. He placed 10th in the first qualifying round in the aerials, failing to advance. He subsequently placed 10th in the second qualification round, again failing to advance.[2][3] Burov completed at the 2018 Winter Olympics representing Olympic Athletes from Russia. He placed 8th in the first qualifying round in the aerials, failing to advance. He subsequently placed 1st in the second qualification round and advanced into finals. Next day he placed 6th at both Final Round 1 and Round 2, and finally placed 3rd in Final Round 3 winning bronze medal.

As of February 2018, his best showing at the World Championships is 5th, in the 2015 aerials.[1]

Burov made his World Cup debut in January 2011. As of February 2018, his best World Cup finish is 2nd, at a World Cup stages held in Moscow in 2015 and 2018. His best World Cup overall finish in aerials is 4th, in 2014–15.[1]

Ilya's younger brother, Maxim Burov (born 1998), is also a Russian freestyle skier and Olympian. In 2017-18 Maxim Burov won the World Cup in aerials. In 2019 Maxim won the World Championships while Ilya finished in 10th position.

World Cup podiums

[1]

Individual podiums

  • 0 wins
  • 8 podiums
Season Date Location Place
2014–1520 December 2014 Beijing, China3rd
31 January 2015 Lake Placid, United States3rd
21 February 2015 Moscow, Russia2nd
2015–1613 February 2016 Moscow, Russia3rd
20 February 2016 Minsk, Belarus3rd
2017–186 January 2018 Moscow, Russia2nd
2019–207 February 2020 Deer Valley, United States3rd
2020–214 December 2020 Ruka, Finland3rd

Team podiums

  • 0 wins
  • 3 podiums
Season Date Location Place Teammate(s)
2014–1521 February 2014 Beijing, China2ndVeronika Korsunova
Pavel Krotov
31 January 2015 Lake Placid, United States3rdVeronika Korsunova
Pavel Krotov
2017–1821 February 2014 Beijing/Secret Garden, China3rdLiubov Nikitina
Maxim Burov

References

  1. FIS Profile
  2. "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2014-04-27.
  3. "Sochi2014.com profile". March 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.