Evgenia Medvedeva

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Evgenia Medvedeva

Medvedeva at 2015 Skate America
Personal information
Native name Евгения Армановна Медведева
Full name Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva
Country represented Russia
Born (1999-11-19) 19 November 1999
Moscow, Russia
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Coach Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov
Former coach Lubov Yakovleva
Choreographer Alexander Zhulin, Ilia Averbukh, Igor Strelkin, Daniil Gleichengauz
Former choreographer Eteri Tutberidze
Skating club Sambo 70
Training locations Moscow
Began skating 2004
World standing 13 (As of 26 April 2015)[1]
Season's bests 5(2014-15)[2]
17(2013-14)[3]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 222.54
2015–16 Grand Prix Final
Short program 74.58
2015–16 Grand Prix Final
Free skate 147.96
2015–16 Grand Prix Final
Medal record
Competitor for  Russia
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
European Championships
2016 Bratislava Ladies' singles
Grand Prix Final
2015–16 Barcelona Ladies' singles
World Junior Championships
2015 Tallinn Ladies' singles
2014 Sofia Ladies' singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
2014-15 Barcelona Ladies' singles
2013–14 Fukuoka Ladies' singles

Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva (Russian: Евгения Армановна Медведева; born 19 November 1999) is a Russian-Armenian figure skater. She is the 2016 European champion, 2015–16 Grand Prix Final champion, and 2016 Russian national champion. On the junior level, she won the 2015 World Junior Championships and the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final.[4]

Personal life

Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva was born 19 November 1999 in Moscow.[5] Her mother, a former figure skater,[6] and father, Arman Babasyan, an Armenian,[7] are divorced.[8]

Career

Early years

On the ice from the age of three, Medvedeva was taught initially by Elena Proskurina, Lubov Yakovleva, and Elena Selivanova.[8] Around 2008, she joined Eteri Tutberidze at the Olympic Reserve Sports School no. 37, renamed Sambo 70.[8]

Medvedeva made her senior national debut at the 2012 Russian Championships, finishing eighth, and then placed sixth on the junior level. She sustained an injury at the start of the following season and did not qualify for the senior Russian Nationals. She finished fourth behind Maria Sotskova at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships.

2013–14 season

Medvedeva's international debut came in the 2013–14 season. Competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, she won gold first in Riga, Latvia, and then in Gdańsk, Poland.[4] She qualified to the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan and won the bronze medal behind Sotskova and Serafima Sakhanovich. At the 2014 Russian Championships, she finished seventh in her second senior appearance and then fourth on the junior level. Medvedeva was assigned to replace the injured Sotskova at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.[9] Placing third in both segments, she won the bronze medal while Elena Radionova and Sakhanovich took gold and silver respectively, producing Russia's second consecutive sweep of the World Junior ladies' podium.

2014–15 season

Medvedeva's first assignment of the 2014–15 JGP season was in Courchevel, France. She won the gold medal by a margin of 21 points ahead of silver medalist Rin Nitaya of Japan. At her second event, in Ostrava, Czech Republic, she placed second in both segments and edged Japan's Wakaba Higuchi for the gold by 1.44 points. Medvedeva's results qualified her for the Junior Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, Spain. She placed first in the short program and set a new world record of 67.09 points for junior ladies' short program. In the free program, she placed first and won the gold. At the 2015 Russian Championships, she placed third in both segments and won the bronze medal behind Elena Radionova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, winning her first senior national medal. She then finished first in the 2015 Russian Junior Championships, almost 20 points ahead of silver medalist Maria Sotskova. At the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Medvedeva placed first after the short program and set a new world record of 68.48 points for junior ladies' short program. In the free program, she placed first again and won gold. She had no falls on the ice throughout the season in international events.

2015–16 season

Medvedeva became eligible to compete internationally at the senior level for the first time in the 2015–16 season. She was invited to two Grand Prix events, the 2015 Skate America and 2015 Rostelecom Cup.[10] She started her season by winning gold at 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy.

In her Senior Grand Prix debut at 2015 Skate America she won the gold medal. She led after the short program, finished second in the freeskate but because of her 5.53 point lead after the short program it was enough to hang on to the gold medal upsetting Gracie Gold of the United States. After the Skate America, her next assignment was at the 2015 Rostelecom Cup, she won the silver medal behind compatriot Elena Radionova. At the 2015-16 Grand Prix Final held in Barcelona from 10–13 December 2015, she placed first in both segments, and setting new personal best scores in the short program and free skate with a total of 222.54 points to win the gold medal ahead of Satoko Miyahara and compatriot Elena Radionova.[11] On December 24-27, Medvedeva went on to win gold at the 2016 Russian Championships with a total of 234.88 points, ahead of silver medalist Elena Radionova and bronze medalist Anna Pogorilaya.

Medvedeva debuted in her first Europeans at the 2016 European Championships were she won the gold medal with a total of 215.45 points ahead of teammates Radionova (209.99) and Pogorilaya (187.05) having to settle for silver and bronze respectively for a second straight year.[12]

Skating technique

Medvedeva is known to do several of her jumps with the Tano variation, a position popularized by Brian Boitano where one hand is held up during a jump. Jumping passes in her senior programs are mostly in the second half for extra points.

Records and achievements

Programs

Medvedeva at the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final podium
Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–2016
[13][14][15]
2014–2015
[2][8]
2013–2014
[3]
  • Ballet Russe
    by Frank Mills
    choreo. by Eteri Tutberidze
  • Russian Gypsy Music
2012–2013
  • Na Katere
    by Eugen Doga
  • Gramofon
    by Eugen Doga
    choreo. by Eteri Tutberidze
2011–2012
  • Rich Man's Frug
    by Cy Coleman
    choreo. by Eteri Tutberidze
  • Na Katere
    by Eugen Doga
  • Gramofon
    by Eugen Doga
    choreo. by Eteri Tutberidze
2010–2011
  • Tsyganochka
    (Russian: Цыганочка)
  • Ekh raz, eshche raz
    (Russian: Эх раз, ещё раз)
    choreo. by Eteri Tutberidze
2009–2010

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[4]
Event 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Europeans 1st
Grand Prix Final 1st
GP Rostelecom Cup 2nd
GP Skate America 1st
CS Nepela Trophy 1st
International: Junior[4]
Junior Worlds 3rd 1st
JGP Final 3rd 1st
JGP Czech Rep. 1st
JGP France 1st
JGP Latvia 1st
JGP Poland 1st
Ice Star 1st J.
National[16]
Russian Champ. 8th 7th 3rd 1st
Russian Junior 12th 6th 4th 4th 1st
J. = Junior level

Detailed results

(Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships – Worlds, Europeans, and Junior Worlds. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.)

Senior level

Medvedeva at the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final
2015–16 season
Date Event SP FS Total
26–31 January 2016 2016 European Championships 1
72.55		 1
142.90		 1
215.45
22–27 December 2015 2016 Russian Championships 1
79.44		 1
155.44		 1
234.88
10–13 December 2015 2015–16 Grand Prix Final 1
74.58		 1
147.96		 1
222.54
20–22 November 2015 2015 Rostelecom Cup 3
67.03		 1
139.73		 2
206.76
23–25 October 2015 2015 Skate America 1
70.92		 2
135.09		 1
206.01
1–3 October 2015 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 1
63.68		 2
120.26		 1
183.94

Junior level

Medvedeva at the 2014–2015 Junior Grand Prix Final
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
2–8 March 2015 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 1
68.48		 1
124.49		 1
192.97
4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 1
70.95		 1
134.10		 1
205.05
24–28 December 2014 2015 Russian Championships Senior 3
72.57		 3
137.24		 3
209.81
11–14 December 2014 2014–15 ISU JGP Final Junior 1
67.09		 1
123.80		 1
190.89
3–7 September 2014 2014 JGP Czech Republic Junior 2
55.92		 2
115.20		 1
171.12
20–24 August 2014 2014 JGP France Junior 1
61.12		 1
118.43		 1
179.55
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
10–16 March 2014 2014 World Junior Championships Junior 3
63.72		 3
114.71		 3
178.43
23–25 January 2014 2014 Russian Junior Championships Junior 4
63.25		 4
120.45		 4
183.70
24–26 December 2013 2014 Russian Championships Senior 8
62.19		 8
119.67		 7
181.86
5–6 December 2013 2013–14 JGP Final Junior 3
58.75		 5
104.93		 3
163.68
18–20 October 2013 2013 Ice Star Junior 1
62.12		 1
118.01 		1
180.13
20–22 September 2013 2013 JGP Poland Junior 1
61.61		 1
118.35		 1
179.96
29–30 August 2013 2013 JGP Latvia Junior 3
55.17		 1
114.35		 1
169.52
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
2–3 February 2013 2013 Russian Junior Championships Junior 5
61.35		 4
118.84		 4
180.19
2011–12 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
5–7 February 2012 2012 Russian Junior Championships Junior 7
54.86		 7
103.64		 6
158.50
26–27 December 2011 2012 Russian Championships Senior 11
53.21		 8
108.53 		8
161.74
2010–11 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
2–4 February 2011 2011 Russian Junior Championships Junior 13
42.57		 12
88.93		 12
131.50

References

  1. ↑ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance: Ladies". ISU Results. International Skating Union. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Evgenia MEDVEDEVA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Evgenia MEDVEDEVA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Competition Results: Evgenia MEDVEDEVA". International Skating Union.
  5. ↑ Медведева Евгения Армановна [Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Ermolina, Olga (6 December 2013). Евгения Медведева: «Мне нравится нерв, который возникает перед прокатом» [Evgenia Medvedeva: Nerves before competing] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014.
  7. ↑ Ari Zaqaryan: We have a wonderful country, unfortunately, we have no opportunity and place to train. armnoc.am.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Ermolina, Olga (4 August 2014). Евгения Медведева: «На злости и зависти далеко не уедешь» [Evgenia Medvedeva: "Jealousy won't take you far"] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation.
  9. ↑ Фигуристка Медведева заменила Сотскову на юниорском ЧМ в Болгарии [Figure skater Medvedeva replaces Sotskova at the World Junior Championships in Bulgaria] (in Russian). R-Sport. 11 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16- Ladies" (PDF). ISU Prod. ISU. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  11. ↑ Zaccardi, Nick (Dec 12, 2015). "Yevgenia Medvedeva wins Grand Prix Final; U.S. women miss medals". NBC Sports.
  12. ↑ Colpart, Sabine (Jan 29, 2016). "Medvedeva leads Russian sweep at European figure skating championships". Yahoo Sports.
  13. ↑ "Evgenia MEDVEDEVA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015.
  14. ↑ Flade, Tatjana (July 30, 2015). "Medvedeva readies for international senior debut". GoldenSkate.
  15. ↑ Евгения Медведева: в новой произвольной программе, которую поставил Илья Авербух, буду использовать язык жестов [Evgeny Medvedev: The new long program, which was created by Ilia Averbukh, will use sign language]. CБОРНАЯ РОССИИ-2014 (in Russian). July 29, 2015.
  16. ↑ Медведева Евгения Армановна [Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva] (in Russian). fskate.ru.

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