Evgeni Plushenko

Evgeni Plushenko
Plushenko at the Champions Union show in 2023
Full name	Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko
Native name	Евгений Плющенко
Born	(1982-11-03) 3 November 1982 (age 42) Dzhamku [ru], Solnechny District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Skating club	Yubileyny Sports Palace
Began skating	1986
Retired	13 February 2014, 31 March 2017
Medal record Men's figure skating 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 Total 16 8 2 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 Russian Championships 1999 Moscow Singles 2000 Moscow Singles 2001 Moscow Singles 2002 Moscow Singles 2004 Saint Petersburg Singles 2005 Saint Petersburg Singles 2006 Kazan Singles 2010 Saint Petersburg Singles 2012 Saransk Singles 2013 Sochi Singles 2014 Sochi Singles 1998 Moscow Singles Goodwill Games 2001 Brisbane Singles 1998 New York Singles World Junior Championships 1997 Seoul Singles European Youth Olympic Festival 1997 Sundsvall Singles

Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko^[1] (Russian: Евгений Викторович Плющенко, born 3 November 1982)^[2] is a Russian former 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 once tied with Sweden's Gillis Grafström's record for most Olympic medals in figure skating, which has since been surpassed by Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue.^[3][4] He also won a record total of 22 titles on the Grand Prix circuit.