Evgeni Plushenko

Evgeni Plushenko (Russian: Евгений Викторович Плющенко, English transcription: Evgeni Plushenko Victorovich; listen / i; born November 3, 1982 in Dschamku, Rajon Solnetschny, Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian figure skaters. He was Olympic champion in 2006 and 2014 ( team ), World Champion 2001, 2003 and 2004 and European champion in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2012.

Biography

Plyushchenko was in the rural settlement Dschamku in Rajon Solnetschny, Khabarovsk, born in Siberia. The family moved to Volgograd, when he was three years old.

Plyushchenko began at the age of four years with the figure skating. He came through his mother, Tatiana Wassiljewna to this sport. When he was eleven years old, was the ice rink in Volgograd, where he trained at the time, closed. So he moved to Saint Petersburg. His mother followed him a year later, while his father Victor, carpenter by trade, and his sister Jelena stayed in Volgograd.

Figure skating career

Since moving to St. Petersburg Plyushchenko is coached by Alexei Mishin in Jubileiny Sports Complex and starts for the Jubileiny Sports Club. Earlier in his career he trained in a group with the Olympic champion from 1994 Alexei Urmanow and the Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin 2002, the later, especially after Yagudin moved to coach Tatiana Tarasova, was to Pljuschtschenkos sharpest competitors. This competitive situation continued after Jagudins injury -related career end. One of the fiercest competitors Pljuschtschenkos, Brian Joubert from France, was discussed in the 2003/2004 season of Yagudin.

At the age of fourteen years Plyushchenko won the 1997 World Junior Championship. The following year he made ​​his debut at the European and World Veterans Championships and reached both times immediately the podium. At the European Championships in Milan, he became vice - European champion Alexei Yagudin behind and at the World Championships in Minneapolis, he won the bronze medal behind Yagudin and the American Todd Eldredge. In the year 1999 Plyushchenko went for the first time as a Russian master. Both at the European Championships in Prague as well as at the World Championships in Helsinki, he won the silver medal behind Alexei Yagudin. The 1999/2000 season started very successful for Plyushchenko. He won all three Grand Prix competitions in which he took, and for the first time the Grand Prix Final. Yagudin had to cancel due to injury. As the reigning Russian champion in 2000 he was in Vienna for the first time European champions. He referred his rival Yagudin to the silver medal. At the World Cup but he missed the fourth place medal. This flaw, he was able to make in the following season. He won in all tournaments in which he participated. Again he won all three Grand Prix competitions and the Grand Prix Final. For the third time in a row he was Russian champion and defended his European title in Bratislava before Alexei Yagudin. But this time in Vancouver he also succeeded in winning the World Cup. Sovereign, with victories in the qualifying, the short program and the free skate, he referred Yagudin again to second place. The 2001/02 season began for Plyushchenko with victories in his two Grand Prix competitions. However, he was defeated Alexei Yagudin at the Grand Prix Final. In the absence Jagudins he became the fourth consecutive Russian title and went so in the Olympic year 2002. During the Olympic Games in 2002 in Salt Lake City Plyushchenko and Yagudin were considered favorites. After Plyushchenko was overthrown in the short program and Yagudin showed two outstanding programs, to Plyushchenko but had to settle for the silver medal. Alexei Yagudin resigned after his Olympic victory.

After Jagudins resignation Plyushchenko won almost all the competitions which he denied. In the season 2002/ 03 he won for the fourth time in a row the Cup of Russia and the Bofrost Cup and won for the third time in his career at the Grand Prix Final. It was founded in 2003 in Malmö for the third time European champion and in Washington for the second time world champion. In the 2003 /04 season Plyushchenko won all three Grand Prix competitions in which he participated, was defeated at the Grand Prix Final but surprisingly the Canadian Emanuel Sandhu. At the European Championships in Budapest, he was beaten Brian Joubert. Unfazed won Plyushchenko little later in Dortmund his third World Cup title. In December 2004, he won for the fourth time at the Grand Prix Final. At the European Championships in Turin he won back his title from Brian Joubert, however, scarce. At the World Championships in Moscow, he had to give up due to a knee injury and was subsequently operate in Munich. It was founded in 2006 in Lyon European champion and went as a firm favorite for the Olympic Games in Turin. There he won the gold medal outstanding. After the short program, he had a lead of ten points ahead of second place Johnny Weir, by setting up a new world best of 90.66 points, equal succeeded with 167.67 points in the free skate. In the end he won with almost 30 points ahead of the runner-up Stephane Lambiel. His freestyle music was arranged specially by the violinist Edvin Marton for him.

After the Olympics Plyushchenko put a break from competition and just ran some shows, but still not a pro was to continue to keep open all future possibilities. In 2006, he moderated " Swjosdy na ldu " (Russian Звёзды на льду, one in Russia very successful Stars -on- Ice- copy of Perwy channel ).

During a press conference in February 2007 Pljuschtschenkos coach announced that this train again and in the 2008/ 09 season again intend to act as amateur. ( "I want that Russian skating remains at a suitable level and could build a bridge to the young runners. ", Quote, Plyushchenko ). Previously, he underwent several knee operations in Germany. However, due to health problems, his comeback postponed further and he stepped back until the Olympic season 2009/10 on the international skating scene. In his first competition, the Cup of Russia, he won superior to the gold medal, the eighth overall for him in this competition. Also, for the eighth time he was Russian master. At the European Championship 2010 in Tallinn, he applied on 20 January 2010 at the short program with 91.30 points, a new world record. The next day he won the European title against superior Stéphane Lambiel, who also celebrated his successful comeback on the international stage. Plyushchenko now became the big favorite for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. After the short program in the lead, he finished after the final freestyle second place, behind Olympic champion Evan Lysacek of the U.S. and bronze medalist Daisuke Takahashi of Japan.

This result led to a controversy. Plyushchenko and the Russian public felt cheated of victory. Evan Lysacek had shown no quadruple jump and Plyushchenko was of the opinion that one should not be Olympic champion without a quad jump: "I think we need to change the assessment system - a quadruple jump is a quadruple jump. If an Olympic champion does not quadruple jump shows, I do not know ... ". Even before his freestyle Plyushchenko had said: "Without a four times it's not men's figure skating. I will definitely show a four -fold. I believe that quadruple jumps are the future of figure skating. The quadruple jump is necessary, that is my opinion. " Plyushchenko put his words into deeds and showed the quadruple jump in his freestyle in a quadruple toe loop - triple toe loop - combination. However, he left a planned double loop jumps from a combination and landed most of his jumps not as perfectly clean as it had done Lysacek. Despite his quadruple jump, Plyushchenko got a lower score than Lysacek in the technical elements. Plyushchenko told a Russian newspaper that in the short program three judges had put him regarding his figure skating skills to the courts 21 and 22 and the computer evaluated all three and for judges who Plyushchenko were set to square one eliminated from the championship. " If that's the way the votes of the judges will be forgiven, then you can win and lose just as good. Do not get me wrong, I do not want to criticize the new rules, they are not bad, but they need further improvements. " Plyushchenko also expressed upset over the Russian Figure Skating Federation, and that this would not vouch enough for his athletes. " After the short program, I should have had at least five points ahead of the others. At the end there were only 0.55 points, our association does not respond. " Pair Skating Legend Irina Rodnina noticed that although she had hoped Plyushchenko would win, he had many small mistakes in his free program and lacked the passion that he in Turin had four years previously shown. Contrast Plyushchenko received support from Elvis Stojko and the coaches Reinhard E. Ketterer, Tatiana Tarasova and Halyna Smijewska. In the ISU Conference in June of baseline value was slightly increased for quadruple jumps.

Plyushchenko said from participating in the World Cup and gave a new goal of participating in the Olympic Games in Sochi. For the first time back then Plyushchenko made ​​its appearance in competitions at the Russian Championships in 2012. He won in Saransk his ninth overall championship title. Shortly after, he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Sheffield. It was his seventh European title. Trying to repeat this in 2013, failed: At the European Championships in Zagreb, which he took with severe back pain, he was after the short program, in which he fell through several elements, only in sixth place and gave up. The following World Cup in London ( Canada ), he dropped out in order to recover from a disc surgery in Israel, and only came back in November at an international competition in Riga, where he was with a new personal best the clear winner. At the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 he won the gold medal at the inaugural team competition with Russia. In individual competition, he could not compete in the short term, as it again drew upon a back injury during running for the short program. He then explained his career end.

Technique, style and special services

Plyushchenko was the first and is one of the few male skaters who succeeded in carrying out the Biellmann - pirouette.

Plyushchenko jumped at the NHK Trophy in 1999 as the first figure skaters compete the combination quadruple toe loop - triple toe loop - double Rittberger ( 4-3-2 ). Since then he landed this combination 26 times. He is also the first figure skater who showed a quadruple toe loop - triple toe loop - triple loop jumps combination ( 4-3-3 ) in competition; He did this four times. Also showed Plyushchenko 2005 for the first time a triple toe loop - triple toe loop - triple loop jumps double Rittberger combination ( 3-3-3-2 ). In the show running a European Championship, he showed a combination of six jumps ( 3-3-2-2-2-2 ) and at the World Championships in 2001, a combination with four jumps ( quadruple toe loop - triple toe loop - double loop jumps double Rittberger ). Plyushchenko jumped regularly constant four times Toeloops in the competition and has been also a quadruple Salchow in Samara in 2004. In training, he managed one of the few skaters to jump a quadruple Rittberger and a quadruple Lutz.

With 16 years Plyushchenko was the youngest male figure skaters who got the highest score 6.0. Overall, he got 75 highest scores until the old rating system was abolished.

Yevgeny Plyushchenko is next to Gillis Grafström the only figure skater who could win at least three medals in the men's competition at the Olympic Games. Grafström it had brought even to four medals in the period 1920-1932.

Euro Vision Song Contest 2008

Plyushchenko 2008 Dima Bilan was at its victory in the Euro Vision Song Contest in Belgrade to the side, keeping her in the performance of the Russian candidates on an artificial sheet of ice.

Training

Plyushchenko learned since 1994 at the Children's and Youth Sports School of Figure Skating St. Petersburg and made his 1998 high school graduation. From 2000 to 2005 he studied at the Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Health " PF Lesgaft " Saint Petersburg. Since 2004 he has been an external student at the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management of the State University of Engineering and Economics Saint Petersburg.

Private life

Plyushchenko (as a member of the Central Army Sports Club ) lieutenant in the Russian army.

On 18 June 2005 he married the 20 -year-old Marija Yermak. His wife studied sociology at the University of St. Petersburg. Their son, Yegor (originally Kristian ) Jewgenjewitsch Plyushchenko was born on 15 June 2006. The marriage, however, was again divorced in February 2008, and the father had to accept after vigorous judicial dispute that his son carries the family name of the mother in the future.

On September 12, 2009 Plyushchenko married the producer of Dima Bilan Jana Rudkowskaja (* 1975). On January 6, 2013 their son Alexander was born. Rudkowskaja has from a previous marriage has a son and an adopted son.

Others

Plyushchenko was chosen for the Just Russia party in the Legislative Assembly (Parliament) of Saint Petersburg in March 2007. He was criticized because it was present only in 11 of 123 sessions. On the other hand, there were disagreements with the party leadership. On 1 December 2011, he announced to want to give up his seat.

Results

  • Plyushchenko did not participate in the seasons 2006/ 07, 2007/ 08, 2008/ 09 and 2010/11 part
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Winter Olympic Games Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics 1998 World Figure Skating Championships 1999 World Figure Skating Championships 2001 World Figure Skating Championships 2003 World Figure Skating Championships 2004 World Figure Skating Championships 1998 European Figure Skating Championships 1999 European Figure Skating Championships 2000 European Figure Skating Championships 2001 European Figure Skating Championships 2003 European Figure Skating Championships 2004 European Figure Skating Championships 2005 European Figure Skating Championships 2006 European Figure Skating Championships 2010 European Figure Skating Championships 2012 European Figure Skating Championships Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final List of Olympic medalists in figure skating Alexei Urmanov World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2000 World Figure Skating Championships Bofrost Cup on Ice 2005 World Figure Skating Championships Toe loop jump Reinhard Ketterer Russian Figure Skating Championships 2013 European Figure Skating Championships 2013 World Figure Skating Championships Biellmann spin Samara, Russia Lutz jump A Just Russia Skate America Skate Canada International International Skating Union Ulrich Salchow Hayes Alan Jenkins Manfred Schnelldorfer Robin Cousins Gilbert Fuchs Henning Grenander Fritz Kachler Felix Kaspar Henry Graham Sharp Hans Gerschwiler Alain Giletti Donald McPherson (figure skater) Alain Calmat Emmerich Danzer Tim Wood (figure skater) Jan Hoffmann Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov Charles Tickner Brian Orser Kurt Browning Jeffrey Buttle Patrick Chan Oskar Uhlig Max Bohatsch Ernst Herz Edi Rada Helmut Seibt Carlo Fassi Norbert Schramm Petr Barna Dmitri Dmitrenko Florent Amodio Dennis Coi Paul Wylie Christopher Bowman Igor Pashkevich Nobunari Oda Adam Rippon Andrei Rogozine Alexander Panshin Alexander Abt Sergei Voronov (figure skater) Konstantin Menshov Integrated Authority File
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