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Evgeni Plushenko is an Olympic Champion, World Champion, European Champion, Grand Prix Champion and National Champion.

Spotlight on Russia finds out what it takes to be ...

Name: Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko (Zhenya)

Date of Birth: 3rd November, 1982

Birthplace: Solnechni in the Khabarovsk region in Siberia (moved to Volgograd when he was 3)

Family: Father – Viktor; Mother – Tatiana; Sister – Elena

Pets: A bulldog called “Golden”, and a Persian cat

Hometown: St Petersburg (moved from Volgograd when he was 11)

Home Club/Coach: Yubileiny Sport Club; Alexei Nikolaevich Mishin

Best Personal Scores: 263.25; Short – 91.39; Free Skate – 180.91

A Champion

It was my dream when I was 4. I saw a competition and said to my mum, ‘I have to be there.’ I said that I wanted to be an Olympic champion. Now I have all the titles and I am really very happy.

Evgeni Plushenko

Young Evgeni began life next to the railroad in a house his father built. He was a sickly child and after Evgeni spent three months in hospital with double pneumonia, his parents decided to move to Volgograd.

When Evgeni joined his first skating group, his health quickly improved, but being the youngest meant he still had many difficulties to overcome. He used to cry when he fell on the hard ice, unable to get up again. However, Evgeni persevered and won his first competition when he was seven at the Crystal Skate Tournament in Samara.

Evgeni was obviously very talented, but his career almost ended in 1993 when the local ice rink closed. Although he was only eleven years old, Evgeni was determined to pursue his dream even if it meant living alone in St Petersburg. Training with Alexei Mishin, young Evgeni ignored the teasing from older kids as he learned how to perform the quad toe loop and the Biellmann spin.

In 1997, fourteen-year-old Evgeni won the World Junior Championships and finished 3rd in the Senior World Championships in 1998. A string of victories followed, and by 2006, Evgeni had won every major championship except one. Having recovered from a serious injury, Evgeni finally won the Olympic gold medal in Turin, setting new personal bests for each phase of the competition.

Since then, Evgeni has kept on winning – on and off the ice! He has also dipped a toe into politics, and danced on stage for pop-star Dima Bilan, helping Russia win the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. Recently, however, Evgeni has suffered from some health problems, but he is determined to compete for as long as possible. When he retires, he will put his experience to good use, coaching the next generation of champions.

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