Pavel Vladimirovich Karelin (27 April 1990 – 9 October 2011) was a Russian

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from

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

who competed from 2004 until his death in 2011. He made his

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debut on 30 November 2007, finishing 8th in team large hill event at

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, Finland. During the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

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, he finished tenth in the team large hill, 33rd in the individual normal hill, and 38th in the individual large hill events. At the

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, Karelin finished ninth in the team large hill and 34th in the individual large hill events. His best World Cup finish was second in

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on 1 January 2011 during the 2010–11 Four Hills Tournament, making him the second Russian ski jumper, in post-

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era, to manage a podium position; the first was

Dimitry Vassiliev Dimitry Viktorovich Vassiliev (russian: link=no, Дмитрий Викторович Васильев, born 26 December 1979) is a Russian former ski jumper who has competed at World Cup level from 1998 to 2021. World Cup career Vassiliev made ...

who also scored his first podium place, with a second, on 1 January in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in 2001. Karelin died in a car accident on 9 October 2011 in

. He was 21.

References

* 1990 births 2011 deaths Olympic ski jumpers of Russia Russian male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod Road incident deaths in Russia {{Russia-skijumping-bio-stub