Evgeni plushenko biography

Childhood And Education

Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko was born 3rd November 1982, in Solnechny District of Khabarovsk Krai, in Russia. He is one of two children, with an older sister.

Evgeni Plushenko studied at school No. 91 in Petrogradsky District. After graduation, he enrolled at Lesgaft University, and he graduated in 2005. In 2004, he graduated from the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality at the Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics.

Evgeni Plushenko learned to skate right through his childhood, from the age of four. When he was 11, in 1994, the Volgograd ice rink closed, and when this happened, he was sent to St. Petersburg to train with a highly sought-after coach, Alexei Mishin. Mishin understood the difficulties that Plushenko was going through at such a young age, and he rented a room in St. Petersburg so that Plushenko’s mother could live nearby to support her son.

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Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko (also Romanized as Yevgeny Viktorovich Plyushchenko) (; born November 3, 1982 in Solnechny, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Union (Russia) is a Russian figure skater, the seven-time National Champion, five-time European Champion, three-time World Champion, 2006 Winter Olympics gold medalist, and four-time Grand Prix Final gold medalist.

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Evgeni Plushenko started skating at age four. When he was eleven years old, his ice rink in Volgograd closed. He was then sent to Saint Petersburg to train under the tutelage of Alexei Mishin.

Plushenko made quick progress on the international scene under Mishin's tutela

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Evgeni Plushenko

Evgeni Plushenko (born 3 November 1982) is a figure skater from Russia. He was born and raised in the Soviet Union. He is the last of the "Soviet System" figure skaters, which took children from their parents at a ung age and raised them in a training struktur away from home while giving them everything they needed, including housing and food and equipment, so they could become the best.

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Plushenko was a very good skater as a child. At age 14, he won the World Junior Championships. At age 15, he won the bronze medal at the World Championships. He has always been coached by Alexei Mishin, a very famous Soviet and Russian skater coach. At the time of Plushenko's rise, Mishin was also coaching Alexei Yagudin. When Yagudin saw all the attention Mishin was giving Plushenko, it made Yagudin leave and find another coach. Plushenko and Yagudin had a very big rivalry that ended in 2002, when Yagudin won the Olympic Gold and Plus