Andrey Andreyevich Sobolev (; born 27 November 1989) is a Russian snowboarder, specializing in Alpine snowboarding and formerly specializing in snowboard cross.FIS Profile He is the brother of Olympic snowboarder Natalia Soboleva, who is the silver medalist of the 2019 World Championships.
Career Sobolev competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. He was the top qualifier in the parallel giant slalom, but in the 1/8 finals, he lost to Austria's Andreas Prommegger, finishing 9th overall. He then failed to qualify for the elimination round in the parallel slalom, finishing 27th.
As of September 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 14th, in the 2013 parallel slalom.
Sobolev made his World Cup debut in February 2007. As of September 2014, he has one podium finish, silver in parallel slalom at Jauerling in 2011–12. His best overall finish is 15th, in 2013–14.
World Cup podiums
Individual podiums 7 wins – (2 PS, 5 PGS) 15 podiums – (3 PS, 12 PGS) Season Date Location Discipline Place2012–1313 January 2012 Jauerling, Austria Parallel Slalom 2nd2014–157 February 2014 Sudelfeld, Germany Parallel GS 1st2015–1612 December 2014 Carezza, Italy Parallel GS 2nd23 January 2016 Rogla, Slovenia Parallel GS 1st2016–1715 December 2016 Carezza, Italy Parallel GS 2nd17 December 2016 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Parallel Slalom 1st2017–1814 December 2017 Carezza, Italy Parallel GS 1st2018–1926 January 2019 Moscow, Russia Parallel Slalom1st23 February 2019 Secret Garden, China Parallel GS 2nd9 March 2019 Scuol, Switzerland Parallel GS 1st2019–2011 January 2020 Scuol, Switzerland Parallel GS 1st22 February 2020 Pyeongchang, South Korea Parallel GS 3rd29 February 2020 Blue Mountain, Canada Parallel GS 3rd2020–216 March 2021 Rogla, Slovenia Parallel GS 2nd2021–2211 December 2021 Lake Bannoye, Russia Parallel GS 3rd
Team podiums 1 podium – (1 ) Season Date Location Discipline Place Teammate(s)2018–19 27 January 2019 Moscow, Russia Parallel Slalom Team 2nd Natalia Soboleva
Season titles 2 titles – (1 overall, 1 parallel giant slalom) Season Discipline 2016 Parallel Giant Slalom 2019 Parallel Overall
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