Alexei Yagudin

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Olympic medal record
Men's figure skating
Gold	2002 Salt Lake City	Singles

Alexei Yagudin

Personal Info
Country:	Russia
Residence:	St. Petersburg, Russia
Height:	175 cm
Coach:	Tatiana Tarasova
Skating Club:	Yubileiny Sport Club
ISU Personal Best Scores

Most Recent Results:
Event	Finish	Year
Olympic Winter Games	Gold	2002
World Figure Skating Championships	Gold	2002
European Figure Skating Championships	Gold	2002
ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix Final	Gold	2001
ISU Grand Prix Trophee Lalique	Gold	2001

Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin (ru: Алексей Константинович Ягудин) (born March 18, 1980 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is an Olympic Champion (2002), a four-time World Champion and a three-time European Champion in figure skating. Alexei Yagudin is famous for his footwork in the ice and putting passion into all his performances.

Yagudin was coached by Alexei Mishin from approximately age twelve to age eighteen at which time he relocated to the United States and began training with Tatiana Tarasova, who continued to coach him until his retirement in 2003.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Yagudin won the gold medal with such ease that he was the first male skater in 50 years to earn the first-place votes of every judge in all stages of the competition. He was given four perfect 6.0's for artistry. No other man has ever scored more than one perfect mark in the history of the Olympic games.

He is also the first man to win the "triple crown" in skating in one year — the European, Grand Prix, and World competitions, and winning the Olympics made him the first person to win all the major titles in one year. At the World Championships in Japan in 2002, he became the first skater to receive six perfect 6.0's and the first to receive a perfect 6.0 for required elements.

A congenital hip disorder forced him to retire from eligible competition in 2003. He is currently touring with Stars on Ice and Ice Symphony in Russia.

Contents 1 Competitive highlights 1.1 Other events 2 See also 3 External links 4 Navigation

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event/Season	1993-1994	1995-1996	1996-1997	1997-1998	1998-1999	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002
Russian Championships	-	-	-	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	-
European Championships	-	6th	5th	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st
Junior World Championships	4th	1st	-	-	-	-	-	-
World Championships	-	-	3rd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st
Winter Olympics	-	-	-	5th	-	-	-	1st
Champions Series Final	-	-	-	5th	-	-	-	-
Grand Prix Final	-	-	-	-	1st	-	2nd	1st
Skate America	-	-	2nd	-	1st	1st	2nd	-
Cup of Russia	-	-	2nd	1st	-	-	-	-
Nations Cup	-	-	3rd	-	-	-	-	-
Sparkassen Cup	-	-	-	-	1st	-	-	-
Skate Canada Int.	-	-	-	-	-	1st	1st	1st
Trophee Lalique	-	-	-	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Masters of Figure Skating	-	-	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	-	1st
Japan Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	1st	-
Event/Season	1993-1994	1995-1996	1996-1997	1997-1998	1998-1999	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002

[edit] Other events

• 2006

• 1st place at Ice Wars
• 6th place at the Japan Open

• 2005

• 2nd place at the World Team Challenge
• 2nd place at Ice Wars

• 2004

• 1st place at the World Team Challenge
• 1st place at Ice Wars

• 2003

• 3rd place at the World Team Challenge

• 2002:

• 1st place at Hallmark Skater's Challenge
• 5th place at the International Challenge
• 1st place at the Canadian Open
• 1st place at Top Jump
• 1st place at Campbell's International Classic

• 2001:

• 3rd place at the Goodwill Games

• 1998:

• 1st place at the World Professional Figure Skating Championships
• 1st place at the World Team Challenge

• 1996:

• 2nd place at the Centennial on Ice

• 1994:

• 8th place at the Goodwill Games

[edit] See also

• List of Olympic medalists in figure skating
• World Figure Skating Championships
• European Figure Skating Championships

[edit] External links

• Figure-Skating.com: Alexei Yagudin - Official website
• ISU Biography Page
• "Stars on Ice" Profile
• olympics.org Athlete Profile - Yagudin

[edit] Navigation

Persondata
NAME	Yagudin, Alexei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Yagudin, Alexei Konstantinovich
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Russian figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH	March 18, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint Petersburg, Russia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH