Ilya Alekseyevich Burov (; born 13 November 1991), also spelled Ilia Burov, 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 and ...

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Career

Burov competed at the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

for Russia. He placed 10th in the first qualifying round in the aerials, failing to advance. He subsequently placed 10th in the second qualification round, again failing to advance. Burov completed at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...

representing Olympic Athletes from Russia. He placed 8th in the first qualifying round in the aerials, failing to advance. He subsequently placed 1st in the second qualification round and advanced to finals. The next day he placed 6th in both final round 1 and Round 2 and placed 3rd in the final round 3, winning the bronze medal. As of February 2018, his best showing at the

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is 5th, in the

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aerials. Burov made his

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debut in January 2011. As of February 2018, his best World Cup finish is 2nd, at a World Cup stages held in Moscow in

and

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. His best World Cup overall finish in aerials is 4th in 2014–15. He competed in the

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit ...

and won his second bronze in Aerials with a score of 114.93.

Personal life

Ilya's younger brother,

Maxim Burov Maxim Alekseyevich Burov (; born 5 June 1998) is a Russian freestyle skier. A three-time World Champion, he won back-to-back titles in individual aerials, in 2019 and 2021, becoming the first Russian and the fourth male aerial skier to do that. H ...

(born 1998), is also a Russian

and Olympian. Maxim Burov is a three-time World Champion and three-time World Cup holder.

World Cup podiums

Individual podiums

* 0 wins * 8 podiums

Team podiums

* 0 wins * 3 podiums

References

1991 births Living people Olympic freestyle skiers for Russia Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Yaroslavl Russian male freestyle skiers Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes Olympic bronze medalists for Olympic Athletes from Russia Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub