Career Highlights / News
Name; Evgeny Victorwich Plushenko
Born: November 3 , 1982
Hometown : Volgogrand , Russia
Trains and lives : St. Petersburg , Russia
Coach : Alexei Mishin
Choreographer : Evgeny Serezhnikov
Evgeny was born into a poor family.
His mother's name is Tatiana and his father's is Viktor. His sister name is Elena.
 | He made his first steps on ice in Volgogrand. His coach was Mikhail Makavyev.He made his first double jump |
when he was six years all.Until he was 13 ,he had made the triple jumps and his first quad when he was forteen !
Sometimes,when he was still in Volgogrand , he tried to quit iceskating a couple of times.But he did returned
as he realised that iceskating is everything to him.
| When the ice centre closed down Evgeny moved in St Petersburg where he started training with Alexei Mishin. |
It was a very difficult decision , as his family could not afford to move there with him.So he stayed there alone
for the first year.During that time , his family was working very hard so that they could join him the soonest.
His mother moved in with him , first , after that time.
| Evgeny was only fifteen years old , when he burst onto the world scene .He took the bronze medal at his first |
World Championship in 1998.
| His mother helped him develop his unusual flexibility by stretching his legs against on the couch every day |
while he was growing up.
| It said that his family has never seen him live when he competes.They say there is no reason |
to change their "tradition" now.
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