Valery Kobelev

Valery Vladimirovich Kobelev (; born 4 March 1973) is a Russian ski jumper.

Nordic combined Valery Kobelev began his professional career in Nordic combined and participated in the men's team and individual events at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Kobelev was placed 48th in the individual 15 km competition, and reached 12th place together with his Russian team in the team competition. He made his return to the World Cup one year later. The crash was named the worst ski jumping crash ever by sports commentator Arne Scheie.

Olympic results At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Kobelev placed 54th in the normal hill competition and 35th in the large hill competition. Kobelev's Russian team reached the 9th place in the team competition. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he placed 27th in the normal hill, and 17th in large hill.

World Championships results Koblev competed in his first World Championship in Ramsau 1999 where he placed 26th in the large hill event (K-120) and 36th in the normal hill event (K-90). Kobelev's second World Championship was in Val di Fiemme in 2003, where he placed 33rd in the normal hill event and 39th in the large hill event.

Best results 9th place, Lillehammer, 1997, World Cup. 6th place, Villach, 2001, World Cup. 9th place, Predazzo, 2001, World Cup. 8th place, Garmisch Partenkirchen, 2002, World Cup. 7th place, Innsbruck, 2002, World Cup. 5th place, Sapporo, 2002, World Cup.

Other Kobelev's sponsor was the Russian army. He is married and speaks Russian and English. His bindings are from the label Silvretta and his boots from Adidas. During his most active period, his weight was 69 kg (152 pounds).