Petr Chaadaev (ski jumper)

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This article is about the ski jumper. For the philosopher, see Pyotr Chaadaev.

Petr Chaadaev (Russian: Пётр Чаадаев, born January 21, 1987, Moscow) is a Belarussian ski jumper who has competed since 2001.

Petr made his debut on November 17, 2001, aged 14, in the Continental Cup, in Kuusamo, and he reached the 50th position. On January 26, 2002 he was 16th in the Junior World Championship, in Schonach. The next season he reached a 17th position in the Continental Cup, and so he gained 14 points in the COC overall classification. On February 24, 2004 he participated in the Ski Flying WC, where in the single event he reached 44th position. The 2004-05 season was Chaadaev's best to date - he gained 50 points in the COC, so he was 81 at the end of the season. He started also in the Nordic Ski WC in Obertsdorf.

On February 10, 2005 he was 56th in the qualification. In the team competition the Belorussian team was 15th. Chaadaev's jump was one of the worst jumps in the competition. Ivan Sobelev, Dmitry Afanasenko, Maksim Anisimov and Chaadaev came in last. However, the Ukrainian competitors did not actually jump, so they hadn't a single point.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2005, he gained four points in the FIS Cup, so he could start in the Ski Jumping World Cup. He participated in the Vierschanztournée, and he was 46th in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Bischofshofen. His personal best rank is a 45th rank, which he reached in Oslo. In this season, in Bad Mitterndorf he jumped a new Belarussian record, his jump was 197.5 metres long. In Torino, Chaadaev was disqualified in the qualification, and they didn't start a team.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007 Ski Jumping World Cup, in Kuusamo, on November 24 he was 51st. In the COC he has now 17 points, and is 55th in overall classification.^{[citation needed]}