Yevgeny Dementyev

Yevgeny Alexandrovich Dementyev (; born 17 January 1983) is a Russian cross-country skier. He attended Children and Youth Sports School of Sovetsky District, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, where his first trainer was Valery Ukhov. Dementyev's first international success was in 2001 at the Junior World Championship. He won two medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, with a gold in the men's 15 km + 15 km pursuit event and a silver in the men's 50 km freestyle mass start.

Dementyev finished 0.8 seconds behind the winner Giorgio Di Centa in the 50 km event, the closest margin of victory in Olympic history of this event. This margin of victory eclipsed the previous record of 4.9 seconds set at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo between fellow Swedes Thomas Wassberg and Gunde Svan.

He also won two medals at the 2003 Nordic skiing World Junior Championships with a gold in 10 km and a bronze in the 30 km. Dementyev has two 4 × 10 km medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in 2007 and a bronze in 2005. His best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 22nd in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit in 2005.

On 25 August 2009, Dementyev tested positive for recombinant erythropoietin. He returned in 2011 after a two-year ban but retired shortly thereafter.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver) Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2006 23 — Gold Silver — 6 —

World Championships 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze) Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2005 22 23 22 — — Bronze — 2007 24 22 — — — Silver — 2009 26 — — — —

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 2003 20 90 — 2004 21 33 23 2005 22 9 6 2006 23 38 25 2007 24 13 13 8 2008 25 29 31 93 9 30 2009 26 67 48 69 2012 29 65 41 — — — — 2013 30 134 85 — — — — 2015 32 87 51 — — — 2017 34 109 88 25 — —

Individual podiums 1 victory – (1 ) 5 podiums – (5 )

Team podiums 1 victory – (1 ) 4 podiums – (4 )