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Alexei Yagudin

Alexei Yagudin
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Alexei Yagudin during an exhibition gala in 2002
Personal information
Full name Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin
Country represented  Russia
Born (1980-03-18) 18 March 1980 (age 37)
Leningrad, Soviet Union
Residence Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height 175 cm (5.74 ft)
Former coach Tatiana Tarasova
Alexei Mishin
Former choreographer Tatiana Tarasova
Nikolai Morozov
Retired 2003

Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin (Russian: About this sound Алексей Константинович Ягудин​ ; 18 March 1980) is a former Russian figure skater. His major achievements in his six years of eligible sports career include being the 2002 Olympic champion, a four-time World champion (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002), a three-time European champion (1998, 1999, 2002), a two-time Grand Prix Final champion (1998–1999, 2001–2002), a World Junior champion (1996) and a two-time World Professional champion (1998, 2002).

Alexei Yagudin was introduced to skating at age four by his mother, Zoya, who saw the activity as a way to improve his health. He learned all his double jumps before age ten, the five triple jumps before age twelve, and the triple Axel jump before he turned thirteen. His first coach was Alexander Mayorov, and then he was introduced to the famous Russian coach Alexei Mishin when Mayorov moved to Sweden in 1992. Yagudin trained in Mishin's group from 1992 to 1998. He began competing at the international level in 1994, and won the 1996 World Junior Championships. The famous rivalry with fellow Russian skater Evgeni Plushenko began when they trained in Mishin's group, and intensified after Yagudin left.


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