Egor Vadimovich Korotkov (russian: Его́р Вади́мович Коротко́в; born 14 April 1986) 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 ...

who specializes in the

skicross Ski cross is a skiing competition which incorporates terrain features traditionally found in freestyle skiing with courses which include big-air jumps and high-banked turns. In spite of the fact that it is a timed racing event, it is often con ...

discipline.

Career

He finished fifth at the 2006

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, and participated in the 2007 World Championships before competing in the World Cup. He made his World Cup debut in January 2008 with a fifteenth place in Les Contamines, and followed up with an eleventh place in

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and a thirteenth place in

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before the season was over. He opened the 2008–09 season with slightly worse results. Retrieved on 4 February 2009. He also competed in 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 Doan Nancy GreeneWayne Gr ...

on the Russian ski team in ski cross. Russian Champion (2009-2011, 2013). Bronze Medal at the Russian Championship (2012). Austrian Champion (2013). The best result is the tenth place in the General Ski cross Championship in 2011/2012. In

ski cross Ski cross is a skiing competition which incorporates terrain features traditionally found in freestyle skiing with courses which include big-air jumps and high-banked turns. In spite of the fact that it is a timed racing event, it is often con ...

at the

Sochi Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

, he took the 5th place. In the semi-final of the ski cross tournament he managed to pass through the video and photos from the finishing line.

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* 1986 births Living people People from Tryokhgorny Russian male freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers for Russia Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics South Ural State University alumni Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Oblast {{Russia-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub