Enver Nazymovych Ablaev (born 5 June 1977 in

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) is a Crimean Tatar

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of specializing in aerials who has represented Ukraine in the Olympics.FIS Profile
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Career

Ablaev competed at the

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, 2006 and

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for Ukraine. In

, he finished 22nd in qualifying in the aerials event. In 2006, he placed 9th in the qualifying round, but finished last out of 12 qualifiers in the final. In

, he placed 19th in the qualifying round of the event, again failing to advance to the final. As of March 2013, his best showing at the

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is 4th, in

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. Ablaev made his

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debut in August 2000. As of March 2013, he has one World Cup victory, in 2004/05 in

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. His best World Cup overall finish in aerials is 14th, in 2002/03, 2008/09 and 2010/11.

World Cup Podiums

References

1979 births Living people Olympic freestyle skiers of Ukraine Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics People from Chirchiq Ukrainian male freestyle skiers Crimean Tatar sportspeople Ukrainian people of Crimean Tatar descent {{Ukraine-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub