Dimitry Gennadyevich Ipatov () (born 30 June 1984 in

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) is a Russian

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who has been competing since 2002. Competing in two

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, he earned his best finish of eighth in the team large hill event at

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. Ipatov's best finish at the

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was fifth in the team normal hill at the 2005 championships in

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while his best individual finish was ninth at

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. His best finish at the

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was seventh in the team event (2004, 2006) while his best individual finish was 39th (2004). Ipatov's best World Cup finish was fifth in the individual large hill event in

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in 2007. His only international victory came in the Winter

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, 2007. He there won the normal hill event. He is the champion of

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on the normal hill in

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, 2005. He has also numerous other medals from Russian championships.

References

* 1984 births Living people Olympic ski jumpers for Russia People from Magadan Russian male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Winter World University Games medalists in ski jumping FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia Ski jumpers at the 2007 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from Magadan Oblast 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-skijumping-bio-stub