Alexei Yagudin

Alexei Yagudin
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Full nameAlexei Konstantinovich Yagudin
Born (1980-03-18) 18 March 1980 (age 44)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country Russia
DisciplineMen's singles
Retired2003
Event Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place
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 ""
Gold medal – first place 2002 Salt Lake City Singles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Minneapolis Singles
Gold medal – first place 1999 Helsinki Singles
Gold medal – first place 2000 Nice Singles
Gold medal – first place 2002 Nagano Singles
Silver medal – second place 2001 Vancouver Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Lausanne Singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Milan Singles
Gold medal – first place 1999 Prague Singles
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lausanne Singles
Silver medal – second place 2000 Vienna Singles
Silver medal – second place 2001 Bratislava Singles
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 1998–99 Saint Petersburg Singles
Gold medal – first place 2001–02 Kitchener Singles
Silver medal – second place 2000–01 Tokyo Singles
Russian Championships
Silver medal – second place 1998 Moscow Singles
Silver medal – second place 1999 Moscow Singles
Silver medal – second place 2000 Moscow Singles
Silver medal – second place 2001 Moscow Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Moscow Singles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Brisbane Singles

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).

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.