Pavel Karelin
Pavel Vladimirovich Karelin (Russian Павел Владимирович Карелин; * April 27, 1990 in Nizhny Novgorod, † October 9, 2011 in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast ) was a Russian ski jumper.
Career
Pavel Karelin started for the club of his hometown of Nizhny Novgorod. He made his international debut on 12 December 2006 at the FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup competition in Rovaniemi. He finished in 65th place and was in the episode, despite a 28th place in Planica due to poor results do not hold in the Continental Cup squad. Therefore, he was four times in the FIS Cup, the lowest international race series of ski jumping, used from the competition in Chaux -Neuve. On 3 and 4 February 2007, he finished second in Chaux -Neuve twice the second place and the competition in Zakopane on 17 and 18 February 2007, the fourth and the first place. Owing to the good results in the FIS Cup, he was reinstated in the Continental Cup, where he died on February 24, 2007 with sixth significantly outperformed the competition in Oberhof than before, and his best placing achieved in this competition series. After the Russian national team coach Wolfgang Steiert became aware of Karelin, this was allowed to start in the Summer Grand Prix 2007 and was there on October 6, 2007 in Klingenthal with second place contact with the world's best produce. Following this success, Karelin was able to establish a regular place in the Russian team for its excellent performance in the Ski Jumping World Cup 2007/2008.
In addition, Pawel Karelin participated in Tarvisio on the Youth World Cup in 2007. There he placed himself in the individual competition on the normal hill at No. 33, with the team he reached tenth place. At the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver Karelin was eliminated in 33rd in jumping on the normal hill in the 1st round.
The 2010/2011 season was very successful for him. After three top - ten finishes in Engelberg he reached his only podium finish at a very windy event in Garmisch -Partenkirchen with space 2.
He died October 9, 2011 as a driver in a car accident on the highway M-7 from Moscow to Ufa near Nizhny Novgorod, were involved in a total of four cars. Police investigations revealed that Karelin sat under heavy influence of alcohol at the wheel.