Dmitry Reiherd (born 8 January 1989 in

Oskemen Oskemen ( kk, Өскемен, translit=Öskemen ), or Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian: Усть-Каменого́рск), is the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Population: Name The city has two official names. In th ...

) is a Kazakh

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, specializing in moguls.FIS Profile
/ref> Reiherd competed at the

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and

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for Kazakhstan. His best performance came in 2010, when he qualified for the moguls final, finishing 18th. In

, he finished 33rd in the qualifying round, and did not advance. As of February 2013, his best showing at the

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came in

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, placing 15th in the moguls event. Reiherd made his

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debut in February 2005. As of February 2013, he has won one World Cup event, a Dual Moguls competition at

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in 2007/08. This result included defeating 2006 Olympic moguls champion

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in the final. Altogether, he has four World Cup medals, his first medal also coming at

, a day before his first victory. His best World Cup finish is 10th, in 2007/08.

World Cup Podiums

References

1989 births Living people Kazakhstani male freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers for Kazakhstan Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Oskemen Kazakhstani people of German descent Asian Games medalists in freestyle skiing Freestyle skiers at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Freestyle skiers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Universiade medalists in freestyle skiing FISU World University Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Universiade silver medalists for Kazakhstan Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade {{Kazakhstan-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub