Ilya Alekseyevich Burov (russian: Илья Алексеевич Буров; born 13 November 1991), also spelled Ilia Burov, is a Russian

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

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Career

Burov competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. He placed 10th in the first qualifying round in the aerials, failing to advance. He subsequently placed 10th in the second qualification round, again failing to advance. Burov completed at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

representing Olympic Athletes from Russia. He placed 8th in the first qualifying round in the aerials, failing to advance. He subsequently placed 1st in the second qualification round and advanced to finals. The next day he placed 6th in both final round 1 and Round 2 and placed 3rd in the final round 3, winning the bronze medal. As of February 2018, his best showing at the

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is 5th, in the 2015 aerials. Burov made his

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debut in January 2011. As of February 2018, his best World Cup finish is 2nd, at a World Cup stages held in Moscow in 2015 and

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. His best World Cup overall finish in aerials is 4th in 2014–15. He competed in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and won his second bronze in Aerials with a score of 114.93.

Personal life

Ilya's younger brother, Maxim Burov (born 1998), is also a Russian

and Olympian. Maxim Burov is a three-time World Champion and three-time World Cup holder.

World Cup podiums

Individual podiums

* 0 wins * 8 podiums

Team podiums

* 0 wins * 3 podiums

References

1991 births Living people Olympic freestyle skiers for Russia Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Yaroslavl Russian male freestyle skiers Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes Olympic bronze medalists for Olympic Athletes from Russia Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing {{Russia-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub