Alexander Malyshev

	Alexander Malyshev
nation	Kazakhstan
birthday	September 20, 1989
place of birth	Leninogorsk , Soviet Union
Career
status	active
	Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup	December 29, 2012
Overall World Cup	121. ( 2015/16 )
Distance World Cup	73rd ( 2015/16 )
	last change: April 22, 2016

Alexander Malyshev (born September 20, 1989 in Leninogorsk ) is a Kazakh cross-country skier .

Career

Since 2007 Malyshev has mainly participated in FIS races and the Alpine Cup. He made his World Cup debut at the Tour de Ski 2012/13 . He got his first World Cup points in Toblach with the 28th place in the 5 km stage. After 63rd place at the Nordic Opening in Kuusamo at the beginning of the 2013/14 season, he won gold with the relay at the 2013 Winter Universiade in Lago di Tesero . In January 2015 he won the silver medal with the relay at the Winter Universiade in Štrbské Pleso . In the 2015/16 season in Falun he achieved his best place in the World Cup singles so far with 20th place over 10 km classic. After finishing 69th in the World Cup mini tour in Lillehammer at the beginning of the 2016/17 season, he was eighth over 10 km classic and sixth in the sprint at the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty . At the Winter Asian Games 2017 in Sapporo , he came 13th in the sprint.