Evgenia Medvedeva

For the Russian cross-country skier, see Yevgeniya Medvedeva (cross-country skier).

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Armanovna and the family name is Medvedeva.
Evgenia Medvedeva
Medvedeva in "The Wizard of Oz" show in 2023
Full nameEvgenia Armanovna Medvedeva
Native nameЕвгения Армановна Медведева
Other namesYevgenia Medvedeva
Zhenya (nickname)
BornEvgenia Armanovna Babasyan
(1999-11-19) 19 November 1999 (age 25)
Moscow, Russia
Height1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Russia
DisciplineWomen's singles
Began skating2004
Retired2021
Highest WS1st (2016–17)
Representing  Olympic Athletes from Russia
"" Olympic Games ""
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
Event Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place
World Championships 2 0 1
European Championships 2 1 0
Grand Prix Final 2 0 0
World Team Trophy 0 1 0
World Junior Championships 1 0 1
Junior Grand Prix Final 1 0 1
Medal list
representing  Russia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Boston Singles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Helsinki Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Saitama Singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bratislava Singles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ostrava Singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Moscow Singles
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2015–16 Barcelona Singles
Gold medal – first place 2016–17 Marseille Singles
World Team Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tokyo Team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tallinn Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sofia Singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2014–15 Barcelona Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2013–14 Fukuoka Singles

Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva (alt. spelling: Yevgenia Medvedeva;[1] Russian: Евгения Армановна Медведева, IPA: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪjə mʲɪˈdvʲedʲɪvə]; born 19 November 1999), is a retired competitive Russian figure skater. She is the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic silver medalist (2018 ladies' singles, 2018 team event), a two-time world champion (2016, 2017), a two-time European champion (2016, 2017), a two-time Grand Prix Final champion (2015, 2016), a two-time Russian national champion (2016, 2017), silver medalist at the 2018 European Figure Skating Championships and bronze medalist at the 2019 World Championships. Earlier in her career, she won the 2015 World Junior Championships, the 2014 Junior Grand Prix Final, and the 2015 Russian Junior Championships.[2]

Medvedeva is the first ladies' singles skater to win senior Worlds the year after winning Junior Worlds,[3] and the first ladies' singles skater to win two consecutive senior Worlds the year after winning Junior Worlds. At the 2017 World Championships, she became the first female skater to win back-to-back world titles in 16 years since Michelle Kwan did so in 2000 and 2001, and is currently the only Russian woman ever to successfully defend her world title.[4] She became one of only four ladies to achieve a Grand Slam (winning all the main competitions of the same season), and the first skater (all disciplines included) to complete two Grand Slams in a row (2015–2016; 2016–2017).

Under the ISU Judging System, she has set the world record score 13 times and is the first female skater to surpass the 80-point short program mark, the 160-point free skating mark, and the 230-point and the 240-point total mark.

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