Yevgeny Dementyev

Yevgeny Dementyev
Yevgeny Dementyev in 2006
Country Russia
Born (1983-01-17) 17 January 1983 (age 41)
Tayozhny, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons11 – (20032009, 20122013, 2015, 2017)
Starts105
Podiums5
Wins1
Overall titles0 – (9th in 2005)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin 30 km double pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin 50 km freestyle
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Sapporo 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Oberstdorf 4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Karpacz 4 × 10 km relay
Gold medal – first place 2003 Sollefteå 10 km classical
Gold medal – first place 2003 Sollefteå 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Sollefteå 30 km freestyle

Yevgeny Alexandrovich Dementyev (Russian: Евге́ний Александрович Деме́нтьев, born 17 January 1983 in Tayozhny, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug) 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 (EPO). He returned in 2011 after a two-year ban but retired shortly thereafter.