Pavel Ryabinin (born 8 April 1971) is a
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
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cross-country skier
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...
who competed from 1994 to 2002. His best World Cup finish was 18th at a 15 km race in
Italy
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in 1994.
Ryabinin also competed in three
Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of 13th in the 30 km at
Nagano in
1998
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. His best finish at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 20th in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit event at
Ramsau in
1999
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.
References
FIS-Ski.com profile
1971 births
Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Kazakhstani male cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers for Kazakhstan
Living people
Asian Games medalists in cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiers at the 1996 Asian Winter Games
Cross-country skiers at the 1999 Asian Winter Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan
Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan
Medalists at the 1996 Asian Winter Games
Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games
20th-century Kazakhstani people
21st-century Kazakhstani people
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