Maxim Burov Explained

Maxim Burov
Full Name:Maxim Alekseyevich Burov
Birth Date:5 June 1998
Birth Place:Yaroslavl, Russia
Height:1.70 m
Club:Sports school No. 3, Yaroslavl
Olympic Sports Center, Moscow Oblast
Wctitles:3
Wins:10
Totalpodiums:13
Teamwins:3
Teampodiums:4

Maxim Alekseyevich Burov (Russian: Максим Алексеевич Буров; born 5 June 1998) is a Russian freestyle skier.[1] [2] A three-time World Champion, he won back-to-back titles in individual aerials, in 2019 and 2021, becoming the first Russian and the fourth male aerial skier to do that. He participated at two Winter Olympics and competed in the men's aerials by representing Olympic Athletes from Russia in 2018 and Russian Olympic Committee in 2022.[3] [4] [5] [6]

His elder brother, Ilya Burov, is a fellow freestyle aerials skier and has competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics and in the 2022 Winter Olympics.[7] [8] The brothers competed at the men's aerials freestyle skiing event in the 2018 Winter Olympics, with Ilya winning a bronze medal in the event while Maxim Burov finished in 15th position.[9] Four years later they competed at the men's aerials freestyle skiing event in the 2022 Winter Olympics, with Ilya winning a bronze medal again while Maxim finished in 16th position.

World Cup podiums

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Individual podiums

SeasonDateLocationPlace
2016–17align=left 14 January 2017 Lake Placid, United States 3rd
align=left 4 March 2017 Moscow, Russia 3rd
2017–1812 January 2018 Deer Valley, United States 1st
20 January 2018 Lake Placid, United States 1st
2018–1919 January 2019 Lake Placid, United States 1st
23 February 2019 Minsk, Belarus 1st
2019–20align=left 22 December 2019 Shimao Lotus Mountain, China 2nd
23 February 2019 Deer Valley, United States 1st
2020–214 December 2020 Ruka, Finland 1st
16 January 2021 Yaroslavl, Russia 1st
17 January 2021 Yaroslavl, Russia 1st
23 January 2021 Moscow, Russia 1st
30 January 2021 Minsk, Belarus 1st
2021–222 December 2020 Ruka, Finland 1st
3 December 2021 Ruka, Finland 1st
10 December 2021 Ruka, Finland 1st
11 December 2021 Ruka, Finland 1st

Team podiums

SeasonDateLocationPlaceTeammate(s)
2016–1718 December 2016 Beida Lake, China 1st Alexandra Orlova
Liubov Nikitina
2017–1817 December 2017 Beijing/Secret Garden, China 3rd Liubov Nikitina
Ilya Burov
2019–2022 December 2019 Shimao Lotus Mountain, China 1st Liubov Nikitina
Pavel Krotov
2020–2117 January 2021 Yaroslavl, Russia 1st Anastasia Prytkova
Pavel Krotov
2021–223 December 2021 Ruka, Finland 2nd Liubov Nikitina
Stanislav Nikitin

Season titles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Freestyle Skiing – sport_hp-ss – Athlete: Maxim BUROV. FIS-SKI. en. 12 January 2020.
  2. Web site: БУРОВ Максим Алексеевич Российские спортсмены и специалисты Спортивная Россия. infosport.ru. ru. 25 February 2018.
  3. News: Russia names 169-athlete Olympic roster. Zaccardi. Nick. 25 January 2018. NBC Sports OlympicTalk. 20 January 2019. en-US.
  4. Web site: Freestyle Skiing Athlete Profile: Maxim BUROV – Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. International Olympic Committee. en. 25 February 2018.
  5. News: BUROV Maxim. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics. 25 February 2018. en.
  6. Web site: BUROV Maxim Athletes CBC Olympics PyeongChang 2018. Pyeong Chang 2018 CBC Olympics. en. 25 February 2018.
  7. Web site: BUROV Ilia Athletes CBC Olympics PyeongChang 2018. Pyeong Chang 2018 CBC Olympics. en. 25 February 2018.
  8. Web site: Freestyle Skiing Athlete Profile: Ilia BUROV – Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. International Olympic Committee. en. 25 February 2018.
  9. Web site: Freestyle Skiing Event Schedule Men's Aerials – Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. International Olympic Committee. en. 25 February 2018.