Evgenii 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 an 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. At the 2022 Olympics, he was part of the mixed team which won the silver medal.

Career

Nordic combined

Klimov competed at the

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for Russia. He placed 45th in the

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Nordic combined event, after being 3rd in the ski jumping portion, and 9th in the

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event. As of September 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 12th, in the

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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

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in 2013/14. His best World Cup overall finish is 80th, in 2013/14.

Ski jumping

He ended his Nordic combined career and switched to a ski jumping career in 2015. He won two medals in ski jumping at the

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. 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 event in Wisła, becoming the first Russian to achieve that feat.Климов — первый россиянин, выигравший этап КМ по прыжкам на лыжах с трамплина
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World Cup

Standings

Individual wins

Individual starts (125)

References

External links

* ''(nordic combined profile)'' * ''(ski jumping profile)'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Klimov, Evgenii 1994 births Living people Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Russia Nordic combined skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Perm, Russia Russian male Nordic combined skiers Russian male ski jumpers Universiade medalists in ski jumping Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers for Russia FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade Olympic silver medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping