Evgenii Klimov

For the Kazakhstani footballer, see Yevgeni Klimov. For the Russian curler, see Evgeny Klimov (curler).

Evgenii Dmitriyevich Klimov (Russian: Евге́ний Дми́триевич Кли́мов; born 3 February 1994) is a Russian ski jumper and a former Nordic combined skier. He is the first Russian in history who won an individual ski jumping World Cup event for men. He also took the Grand Prix 2018 overall title in ski jumping. He also has the national record for the longest ski jump with 237m. At the 2022 Olympics, he was part of the mixed team which won the silver medal.

Evgenii Klimov Евге́ний Дми́триевич Кли́мов
Evgenii Klimov, FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Four Hills Tournament, Bischofshofen 2017.
Country	Russia
Full name	Evgenii Dmitriyevich Klimov
Born	(1994-02-03) 3 February 1994 Perm, Russia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Ski club	GBU TSTOVS Moskovskaya oblast Ski s.
Personal best	237 m (778 ft) Planica, 11 December 2020
World Cup career
Seasons	2013–2015 (nor. combined) 2016–present (ski jumping)
Starts	17 (nordic combined) 125 (ski jumping)
Podiums	3 (ski jumping)
Wins	1 (ski jumping)
Medal record Women's ski jumping Representing  ROC Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Mixed team
Updated on 6 March 2022.

Career

Nordic combined

Klimov competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. He placed 45th in the normal hill Nordic combined event, after being 3rd in the ski jumping portion, and 9th in the team event.

As of September 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 12th, in the 2013 team event. His best individual finish is 49th, in the 2013 large hill event.

Klimov made his World Cup debut in February 2013. His best individual finish is 30th, at a large hill event at Kuusamo in 2013/14. His best World Cup overall finish is 80th, in 2013/14.

Ski jumping

He ended his Nordic combined career and switched to a ski jumping career in 2015. He won two medals in ski jumping at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Osrblie, Slovakia. He made a World Cup debut in 2015/16 season.

Klimov won the 2018 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix. He then won his first World Cup event in Wisła, becoming the first Russian to achieve that feat.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W6	T5	P7
2015/16	56	41	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016/17	17	12	23	40	N/A	N/A	N/A
2017/18	65	43	—	34	—	N/A	44
2018/19	12	15	10	10	8	N/A	22
2019/20	31	30	—	13	—	32	N/A
2020/21	35	34	25	N/A	—	N/A	30
2021/22	32	19		—	N/A	N/A

Individual wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2018/19	18 November 2018	Wisła	Malinka HS134	LH

Individual starts (125)

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	Points
2015/16																														21
	32	35	35	18	46	–	–	28	43	q	q	41	28	–	–	50	41	q	q	46	q	–	29	38	–	–	–	–	–
2016/17																														382
	45	12	16	39	20	18	16	13	18	3	16	38	19	10	11	17	18	16	42	12	7	–	12	36	29	19
2017/18																														7
	49	q	48	39	q	–	–	44	26	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	50	q	32	33	q	–
2018/19																														592
	1	31	26	11	8	5	8	20	16	19	26	–	–	11	–	–	23	29	2	–	7	13	22	11	6	14	11	10
2019/20																														140
	40	–	41	50	37	16	37	22	22	q	39	22	q	11	45	24	38	28	–	–	–	23	35	19	30	24	7
2020/21																														110
	31	–	–	7	29	17	36	26	50	47	23	41	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	27	29	20	–	15	–
2021/22																														163
	20	q	28	16	30	36	46	14	5	15	19	33	30	33	29	24	26	–	–	14	22	–	–	–

External links

• Evgenii Klimov at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (nordic combined profile)
• Evgenii Klimov at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (ski jumping profile)
• Evgenii Klimov at Olympics.com
• Evgenii Klimov at Olympedia