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Plushenko is known for his dynamic performances, and technical advancement of the sport. [ 90 ][ 91 ] Plushenko is the first male skater to perform the Biellmann spin in the senior competitions. [ 6 ] At the 1999 NHK Trophy, he became the first skater to perform a 4T–3T–2Lo combination in competition. He has since landed the combination 26 ...
Alena Sergeyevna Kostornaia (‹See Tfd› Russian: Алёна Сергеевна Косторная; her first name is properly pronounced Alyona as the Cyrillic ё is pronounced yo; [4] born 24 August 2003) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2020 European champion, the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final champion, a six-time Grand Prix medalist ...
In 1998, Yagudin led a Russian sweep of the medals at the 1998 European Championships with Evgeni Plushenko in second and Alexander Abt in third. Later that year, he competed at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics despite a severe case of pneumonia, and finished in 5th place. [4] A month later, he won the 1998 World Championships. He became the ...
1984 Sapporo. Singles. Viktor Vasyliovych Petrenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Васильович Петренко; born 27 June 1969) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Ukraine during his career. He is the 1992 Olympic Champion for the Unified Team. Petrenko became the first ...
Dick Button. United States. Richard Totten Button (born July 18, 1929) [ 1 ] is an American former figure skater and skating analyst. He was a two-time Olympic champion (1948, 1952) and five-time consecutive World champion (1948–1952). He was also the only non-European man to have become European champion.
Lipnitskaya at the 2014 Olympics Team event with Evgeni Plushenko. Lipnitskaya selected all the music for her 2013–14 programs by herself. She chose Mark Minkov's You Don't Give Up On Love for her short program. [27] For the free skate, she chose the theme from Schindler's List after she had watched the film many times. Initially, her coach ...
In 1999, he skated a duet with his wife, Ekaterina Gordeeva. Kulik also ventured briefly into acting, playing the role of Sergei, a Russian dancer, in the 2000 ballet-themed movie Center Stage. In 2012, Kulik and Gordeeva opened a skating rink in Lake Forest, California. [4] Kulik was the former coach of Michael Christian Martinez. [5]
Alexei Yagudin won gold medal with 1.5 points (0.5 for SP and 1.0 for FS), Evgeni Plushenko became the silver medalist (4.0 points) and Timothy Goebel became bronze medalist (4.5 points). Takeshi Honda from Japan was second after the short program but became fourth in his free program and dropped to the fourth overall place.