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Denis Aleksandrovich Kornilov (russian: Денис Александрович Корнилов; born 17 August 1986) is a Russian
ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...
who has competed at
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level since 2003.


Career

Kornilov's best individual World Cup result is fifth in
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on 6 January 2008, and in
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on 3 February 2008. His best team result is second in
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on 15 February 2009. At the
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, his best individual result is 16th in
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; his best team result is fifth in
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. Kornilov has competed at four
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, with his individual result being 24th and his best team result being seventh, both in
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.


References

* 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod Olympic ski jumpers for Russia Russian male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Universiade medalists in ski jumping FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Ski jumpers at the 2007 Winter Universiade {{Russia-skijumping-bio-stub