Valery Kobelev

Valeri Vladimirovich Kobelew (Russian Валерий Владимирович Кобелев; born March 4, 1973 in Kaluga, Soviet Union ) is a former Russian ski jumpers and Nordic combined.

His international debut Kobelew at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer in the Nordic combined. In team competition, he reached the 12th place with the Russian team. In individual competition, he did not come on the 48th square. After the games, he focused on his stronger discipline, ski jumping. His debut in the Ski Jumping World Cup he gave in 1995. November 30, 1997, he jumped in Lillehammer for the first time in the top ten and finished ninth. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano Kobelew jumped on the normal hill on the 58th. From the large hill he reached 35th place with the team he finished second in the team standings at the end of the ninth. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 in Ramsau am Dachstein, he reached number 36 on the normal hill and 26th place on the large hill. A short time later, he fell in ski flying in Planica difficult, had to be resuscitated and placed in artificial deep sleep. However, he returned after months of convalescence back in the World Cup. However, back in the points again until he jumped in November 2000 in Kuopio. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he jumped at both competitions and reached this place 29 of the normal and 17th place on the large hill. Previously, he had reached in Sapporo 5th place his best individual placing in the World Cup. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 in Val di Fiemme, he reached number 33 on the normal hill and 39th place on the large hill.

In March 2003, he declared his career ended, but he was in the winter of 2005 /06 again in the Continental active and participated in February 2006, even once in two World Cup races in Willingen part. Since late 2006, he is still active, but no longer jumps internationally.