Dimitry Viktorovich Vassiliev (, born 26 December 1979) is a Russian former

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who has competed at

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level from 1998 to 2021.

World Cup career

Vassiliev made his

debut in the 1998/99 season. His best individual finish is second in

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on 1 January 2001, and he has total of nine individual podiums and three team podiums as of January 2018. His best finish at the Ski Jumping World Championships is fifth in the normal hill team competition in

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on 20 February 2005, while his best individual finish is seventh in the large hill competition in

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on 24 February 2007. In the Ski Flying World Championships, his best finish is seventh in the team competitions in

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and

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. In the

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, his best finish is eighth in the team competition and tenth in the individual normal hill competition in

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on 12 February 2006.

Near-world record

On 15 February 2015 in

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, Vassiliev flew to a distance of but crashed hard onto near-flat ground. Despite not being an official ski flying world record, this remains the furthest distance ever reached in a FIS-sanctioned ski flying competition as of March 2025.

Summer world record

On 15 October 2016, Vassiliev jumped in

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at the Russian National Championships, improving the five-year-old summer world record on a plastic surface.

Doping scandal

In 2001, during the

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, Vassiliev tested positive for the substance

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, which is a banned

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. He subsequently received a two-year ban from ski jumping.

World Cup results

Invalid ski jumping world record

The longest ski jump in history. Not recognized. Crash at world record distance.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vassiliev, Dimitry 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Ufa Skiers from Bashkortostan Russian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Russia Ski jumpers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Russian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in ski jumping Bashkir people