Timofei Vitalyevich Slivets ( be, Цімафей Слівец; russian: Тимофей Витальевич Сливец; born in

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) is a Belarusian, and later Russian

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, specializing in aerials.FIS Profile
/ref> Slivets competed at the

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for Belarus. He placed 12th in the qualifying round of the aerials event, earning the last spot in the final. He was 6th after one jump in the final, but had the lowest scored on his second jump, ending up 9th overall. As of March 2013, his best showing at the

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is 10th, in the

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. Slivets made his

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debut in December 2003. As of March 2013, he has finished on the podium at World Cup events two times. Both finishes were silver medals, one in 2006/07 and the second in 2008/09. His best World Cup overall finish in aerials is 5th, in 2009/10.

World Cup Podiums

References

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