Alexei Yagudin

Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin (Russian: Алексей Константинович Ягудин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksʲeɪ̯ kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪt͡ɕ ɪ̯ɪˈɡudʲɪn] ; 18 March 1980) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2002 Olympic champion, a four-time World champion (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002), a three-time European champion (1998, 1999, 2002), a two-time Grand Prix Final champion (1998–1999, 2001–2002), the 1996 World Junior champion, and a two-time World Professional champion (1998, 2002).

Alexei Yagudin
In 2022
Full nameAlexei Konstantinovich Yagudin
Born (1980-03-18) 18 March 1980
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country Russia
DisciplineMen's singles
Retired2003
Event
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 4 1 1
European Championships 3 2 0
Grand Prix Final 2 1 0
Russian Championships 0 4 1
World Junior Championships 1 0 0
Medal list
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City Singles
World Championships
1998 Minneapolis Singles
1999 Helsinki Singles
2000 Nice Singles
2002 Nagano Singles
2001 Vancouver Singles
1997 Lausanne Singles
European Championships
1998 Milan Singles
1999 Prague Singles
2002 Lausanne Singles
2000 Vienna Singles
2001 Bratislava Singles
Grand Prix Final
1998–99 Saint Petersburg Singles
2001–02 Kitchener Singles
2000–01 Tokyo Singles
Russian Championships
1998 Moscow Singles
1999 Moscow Singles
2000 Moscow Singles
2001 Moscow Singles
1997 Moscow Singles
World Junior Championships
1996 Brisbane Singles

Yagudin is the only skater (all disciplines included) to have achieved a Golden Slam, a victory in all major championships (Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships, Grand Prix assignments, Grand Prix Final) in the same season (2001–2002). In 2003, Yagudin was awarded with the Order of Merit for the Fatherland IV degree of the Russian Federation. In 2017, he was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

After his retirement from eligible skating, Yagudin has toured as a professional skater and appeared as a show host, an actor and a figure skating commentator for Russian television networks. In 2019, he opened the Figure Skating Center Alexei Yagudin in Minsk, Belarus where he coaches.

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