Alexey Yevgenyevich Petukhov (born June 28, 1983 in Klintsy

Klintsy

Klintsy is a town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Turosna River southwest of Bryansk. Population: 60,000 .A famous native of this town is Evgeny Belyaev of the Alexandrov Ensemble. The Klintsovskoy children's music school is named after EM Belyaeva , and a bust of Belyaev has been...

, Russian SFSR) is a Russia

Russia

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n cross country skier who has competed since 2002. His best World Cup finish was second twice, both in sprint events in 2009.

Petukhov also finished ninth in the sprint event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec

Liberec

Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. Located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge, it is the fifth-largest city in the Czech Republic....

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Petukhov won bronze with Nikolay Morilov

Nikolay Morilov

Nikolay Sergeyevich Morilov is a Russian cross country skier who has been competing since 2004. He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the team sprint and a bronze in the individual sprint .Morilov has two individual victories at the junior level of cross...

 in the Team Sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's team sprint

The men's team sprint cross-country skiing competition in the freestyle technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 22 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia....

 at the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

in Vancouver.