Evgeni Plushenko

Evgeni Plushenko
Evgeni Plushenko at the 2012 European Figure Skating Championships
Personal information
Full name	Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1982-11-03) 3 November 1982 (age 34) , Solnechny District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Coach	Alexei Mishin
Former coach	Mikhail Makoveev, Tatiana Skala
Choreographer	Maxim Staviski, David Avdish
Former choreographer	Pasquale Camerlengo, Kenji Miyamoto
Skating club	Yubileyny Sports Palace
Began skating	1986
Retired	31 March 2017
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	261.23 2012 Europeans
Short program	91.39 2014 Winter Olympics (Team)
Free skate	176.52 2012 Europeans
Medal record Figure skating: Men's singles Representing  Russia Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 2 0 World Championships 3 1 1 European Championships 7 3 0 Grand Prix Final 4 2 1 Olympic Games 2006 Turin Singles 2014 Sochi Team 2002 Salt Lake City Singles 2010 Vancouver Singles World Championships 2001 Vancouver Singles 2003 Washington, D.C. Singles 2004 Dortmund Singles 1999 Helsinki Singles 1998 Minneapolis Singles European Championships 2000 Vienna Singles 2001 Bratislava Singles 2003 Malmö Singles 2005 Turin Singles 2006 Lyon Singles 2010 Tallinn Singles 2012 Sheffield Singles 1998 Milan Singles 1999 Prague Singles 2004 Budapest Singles Grand Prix Final 1999–2000 Lyon Singles 2000–01 Tokyo Singles 2002–03 Saint Petersburg Singles 2004–05 Beijing Singles 2001–02 Kitchener Singles 2003–04 Colorado Springs Singles 1998–99 Saint Petersburg Singles Goodwill Games 2001 Brisbane Singles 1998 New York Singles World Junior Championships 1997 Seoul Singles

Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko (Russian:  Евге́ний Ви́кторович Плю́щенко​ , born 3 November 1982) is a retired Russian figure skater. He is a four-time Olympic medalist (2006 gold, 2014 team gold, 2002 & 2010 silver), a three-time World champion (2001, 2003, 2004), a seven-time European champion (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012), a four-time Grand Prix Final champion (1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05), and a ten-time Russian national champion (1999–2002, 2004–2006, 2010, 2012–2013). Plushenko's four Olympic medals tied Sweden's Gillis Grafström's record for most Olympic medals in figure skating.

Plushenko was born on 3 November 1982 in , Solnechny District, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Union. His mother was originally from Volgograd, Russian SFSR, and his father, a carpenter, was born in Donetsk, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. He has an older sister. Plushenko lived in Volgograd before moving to Saint Petersburg in 1994. A 1998 graduate of school No. 91 in Petrogradsky District, he began studying at the in 2000, graduating in 2005, and at the Faculty of tourism and hospitality of the Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics in 2004.