Evgeni Plushenko

Evgeni Plushenko
Plushenko at the Champions Union show in 2023
Full nameEvgeni Viktorovich Plushenko
Native nameЕвгений Плющенко
Born (1982-11-03) 3 November 1982
Dzhamku, Solnechny District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country Russia
Skating clubYubileyny Sports Palace
Began skating1986
Retired13 February 2014, 31 March 2017

Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko (Russian: Евгений Викторович Плющенко, born 3 November 1982) 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. He also won a record total of 22 titles on the Grand Prix circuit.