Evgeniy Timofeev (born 16 October 1994 in

Bishkek Bishkek ( ky, Бишкек), ), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. The region surrounds the city, although the city itself is not part of ...

, Kyrgyzstan) is an alpine skier from Kyrgyzstan. He competed for

Kyrgyzstan at the 2014 Winter Olympics Kyrgyzstan competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The country's delegation consisted of one skier, Dmitry Trelevski who was scheduled to compete in his second consecutive Winter Olympics. The team also ...

in the

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and

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

. He was the only Kyrgyzstani athlete in Sochi. Timofeev was not selected for the team. Alpine skier Dmitry Trelevski was selected as the only athlete, however on February 12 during training runs Trelevski was injured seriously, that he had to withdraw from the competition. The National Olympic Committee replaced Dmitry Trelevski with Evgeniy Timofeev after petitioning the International Olympic Committee. In January 2017, Timofeev was named to Kyrgyzstan's

2017 Asian Winter Games The 2017 Asian Winter Games ( ja, 2017アジア冬季競技大会, 2017 Ajia tōkikyōgitaikai) was the 8th edition of the Asian Winter Games. They were hosted in Sapporo and Obihiro in Hokkaido, Japan. These Games were originally scheduled for 2 ...

team. In February 2018, Timofeev again represented Kyrgyzstan in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, racing the

Giant Slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

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* 1994 births Living people Olympic alpine skiers for Kyrgyzstan Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Bishkek Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent Kyrgyzstani male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games {{Kyrgyzstan-alpine-skiing-bio-stub