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Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko (Russian: Евге́ний Ви́кторович Плю́щенко , born 3 November 1982) is a 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 Dzhamku, 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 Lesgaft University 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.
"Tribute to Vaslav Nijinsky" He earned across the board perfect 6.0s for artistic impression !!! (He received a total of seventy five 6.0s, which is the world record, in his career.) One of the best performances by Evgeni Plushenko. Absolutely amazing !!
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great performance-well-deserved victory
Don't miss out on everything Olympic! Click here for all highlights, behind-the-scenes and more! http://go.olympic.org/watch?p=yt&teaser;=a Russia's Figure Skating legend Evgeni Plushenko discusses his incredible Olympic career from debuting at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games to retiring at the Sochi 2014 Games in this instalment of the Athlete Profile series. Subscribe to the Olympic YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/olympic?sub_confirmation=1 Discover more about Sochi 2014: http://www.olympic.org/sochi-2014-winter-olympics
2002 Olympics Evgeni Plushenko LP - Carmen
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2001/2002 Grand Prix Final, Kitchener Canada