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tashtagol , russian ssr , soviet union 27 november 1989 andrey sobolev fis world cup parallel slalom jauerling 2012.jpg andrey sobolev
 andrey sobolev
andrey sobolev

andrey sobolev -lrb- born in tashtagol -rrb- is a russian snowboarder , specializing in alpine snowboarding .
he is the brother of olympic snowboarder natalia soboleva .
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 .
