Andrey Sobolev


Andrey Andreyevich Sobolev is a Russian snowboarder, specializing in Alpine snowboarding and formerly specializing in snowboard cross. 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, a silver in a parallel slalom at Jauerling in 2011–12. His best overall finish is 15th, in 2013–14.

World Cup Podiums

Individual podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2012–1313 January 2012 Jauerling, AustriaParallel Slalom2nd
2014–157 February 2014 Sudelfeld, GermanyParallel GS1st
2015–1612 December 2014 Carezza, ItalyParallel GS2nd
2015–1623 January 2016 Rogla, SloveniaParallel GS1st
2016–1715 December 2016 Carezza, ItalyParallel GS2nd
2016–1717 December 2016 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyParallel Slalom1st
2017–1814 December 2017 Carezza, ItalyParallel GS1st
2018–1926 January 2019 Moscow, RussiaParallel Slalom1st
2018–1923 February 2019 Secret Garden, ChinaParallel GS2nd
2018–199 March 2019 Scuol, SwitzerlandParallel GS1st
2019–2011 January 2020 Scuol, SwitzerlandParallel GS1st
2019–2022 February 2020 Pyeongchang, South KoreaParallel GS3rd
2019–2029 February 2020 Blue Mountain, CanadaParallel GS3rd

Team podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlaceTeammate
2018–1927 January 2019 Moscow, RussiaParallel Slalom Team2ndNatalia Soboleva

Season titles

Season Discipline
2016Parallel Giant Slalom
2019Parallel Overall