Evgeni Plushenko

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Olympic medal record
Men's figure skating
Silver	2002 Salt Lake City	Singles
Gold	2006 Turin	Singles

Evgeni Plushenko

Evgeni Plushenko at the 2004 World Championships
Personal Info
Country:	Russia
Residence:	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height:	178 cm
Coach:	Alexei Mishin
Skating Club:	Yubileyny Sports Palace
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	258.47	2006 XX Olympics
Short Program:	90.66	2006 XX Olympics
Free Skate:	167.81	2006 XX Olympics

Most Recent Results:
Event	Points	Place	Medal	Year
Olympic Winter Games	258.47	1st	Gold	2006
World Championships	2.0 (Old Judging System)	1st	Gold	2004
Grand Prix Finals	251.75	1st	Gold	2004
European Championships	245.33	1st	Gold	2006
National Championships	1.5 (Old Judging System)	1st	Gold	2006

Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko, or Yevgeny Viktorovich Plyushchenko (Russian: Евге́ний Ви́кторович Плю́щенко) (b. November 3, 1982 in Solnechny, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Union (Russia) is a Russian figure skater, the seven-time National Champion, five-time European Champion, three-time World Champion, and 2006 Winter Olympics gold medalist.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Competitive highlights 3 Other results 4 See also 5 External links 6 Navigation

[edit] Biography

Evgeni Plushenko started skating at age four. When he was 11 years old, his ice rink in Volgograd closed. He was then sent to Saint Petersburg to train under the tutelage of Alexei Mishin.

Plushenko made quick progress on the international scene under Mishin's tutelage. As a 15-year-old, he won the 1998 World Junior Championships and finished 3rd at the Senior Worlds the same year. However, at the time, Mishin was also the coach of another rising teenage star, Alexei Yagudin, who won the World Championships in 1998, and the two skaters developed a fierce rivalry. Yagudin finally decided to leave Mishin and eventually was coached by Tatiana Tarasova, but the rivalry between the two skaters continued throughout the years as they repeatedly won major titles at the expense of the other.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Plushenko and Yagudin were considered co-favorites. Yagudin skated a flawless short program to a standing ovation and finished the night in 1st place. Plushenko, however, botched his quad-triple combination and finished 4th in the short program. He skated a strong free skate to "Carmen" and pulled up to finish in 2nd place overall; Yagudin received the highest free skate marks under the 6.0 system in the history of Olympic competition, and won the gold medal easily.

After the retirement of Yagudin, Plushenko won the majority of competitions he entered in the following four years. He finished second only twice: at the 2003 Grand Prix Final to Emanuel Sandhu, and at the 2004 European Championships to Brian Joubert. Plushenko was the overwhelming favorite leading into the 2006 Winter Olympics. He dominated the Olympic competition, setting new personal bests and world records for each phase of the competition, which was now judged using the Code of Points.

Among Plushenko's achievements: he was the first skater in the world to perform a 4-3-2 (quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop-double loop) jump combination and later a 4-3-3 (quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop-triple loop) jump combination, the latter taking place at the 2002 Cup of Russia. At the age of 16, Plushenko was the youngest male skater to receive a perfect score of 6.0. He received a total of 70 6.0s before the new Code of Points judging system was introduced.

On June 18, 2005, Plushenko married Maria Ermak. His wife studies sociology at the University of St. Petersburg. Their first child, a son named Egor Evgenivich (originally Kristian), was born on June 15, 2006.

[edit] Competitive highlights

Major Events (Senior)
	ISU Grand Prix Finals	National Championships	European Championships	World Championships	Olympic Winter Games
2006	-	Gold	Gold	-	Gold
2005	-	Gold	Gold	WD
2004	Gold	Gold	Silver	Gold
2003	Silver	-	Gold	Gold
2002	Silver	Gold	WD	WD	Silver
2001	Gold	Gold	Gold	Gold
2000	Gold	Gold	Gold	4th
1999	-	Gold	Silver	Silver
1998	-	Bronze	-	Bronze	-
1997	-	4th	-	-

[edit] Other results

• 2005:
  • 1st place at the Cup of Russia
• 2004:
  • 1st place at the Marshalls World Cup of Figure Skating
  • 1st place at the Cup of Russia
  • 1st place at the Marshalls Skating Challenge
• 2003:
  • 1st place at the International Figure Skating Challenge
  • 1st place at the Trophee Lalique
  • 1st place at Skate Canada
  • 1st place at the Campbell's International Figure Skating Classic
  • 1st place at the International Figure Skating Challenge
• 2002:
  • 1st place at the Crest Whitestrips Challenge
  • 1st place at the Cup of Russia
  • 1st place at the Bofrost Cup
  • 2nd place at the Campbell's International Figure Skating Classic
• 2001:
  • 1st place at the Goodwill Games
  • 1st place at the Cup of Russia
  • 1st place at the Sparkassen Cup
• 1999:
  • 1st place at the NHK Trophy
  • 1st place at the Nations Cup in Germany
  • 1st place at the Cup of Russia
• 1998:
  • 1st place at the NHK Trophy
• 1997:
  • WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPION
  • 2nd at Skate America
  • 2nd at the Cup of Russia
  • 3rd at the Finlandia Trophy

[edit] See also

• List of Olympic medalists in figure skating

[edit] External links

• plushenko.ru Official Site
• evgeniplushenko.net Official Site
• ISU Biography Page

[edit] Navigation

Persondata
NAME	Plushenko, Evgeni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Plushenko, Evgeny; Евге́ний Ви́кторович Плю́щенко
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Russian figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH	November 3, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Solnechny, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH