Evgeniy Timofeev

Evgeniy Timofeev
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Born October 16, 1994 (1994-10-16) (age 21)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Evgeniy Timofeev (born October 16, 1994 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan[1][2]) is an alpine skier from Kyrgyzstan. He will compete for Kyrgyzstan at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom. He will be the only Kyrgyzstani athlete in Sochi.[3]

Timofeev was not selected for the team. Alpine skier Dmitry Trelevski was selected as the only athlete, however on February 12 during training runs Trelevski was injured seriously, that he had to withdraw from the competition.[3] The National Olympic Committee replaced Dmitry Trelevski with Evgeniy Timofeev after petitioning the International Olympic Committee.[3]

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