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Yevgeniy Dementiev (born January 17, 1983), is a Russian cross country skier who has competed since 2001. He won two medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, with a gold in the men's 15 km + 15 km pursuit event and a silver in the men's 50 km freestyle mass start.
Dementiev finished 0.8 seconds behind the winner Giorgio di Centa in the 50 km event, the closest margin of victory in Olympic history. This margin of victory eclipsed the previous record of 4.9 seconds set at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo between fellow Swedes Thomas Wassberg and Gunde Svan.
He also won two medals at the 2003 Nordic skiing World Junior Championships with a gold in 10km and a bronze in the 30km. Dementiev's best individual finish at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 22nd in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit. He did win a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at those same games
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