Russian athlete biography

The Grandmast of Evgenia Medvedev was born on November 19 in Moscow in the family of Armenian businessman Arman Babasyan and the former skater Jeanne Medvedeva, who ended his career early due to injury. The mother of the Olympic champion worked at Soyuzmultfilm studio, where she met her future husband. After a few years of marriage, the couple divorced, but retained good relations.

To figure skating, Eugene was given at the age of three. She was engaged in one of the oldest figure skating schools in the capital of the “young pioneers” stadium, then in CSKA in the group of Honored Coach of Russia Lyubov Yakovleva. When the girl was eight years old, she got into the Eteri Tutberidze group, and four years later became part of the Russian team in figure skating. Initially, Medvedeva trained under the name of Babasyan, but later she took the girl’s grandmother in her mother -in -law.

The figure of the skater took place in the year at the Grand Prix stage among juniors in Latvia, where the young athlete won gold. Then the victories followed at the stage in Poland and in the final of the Grand Prix among juniors in Japan. In the year, Medvedeva switched to an adult level. She became the first skater who managed to win the adult championship of the world only a year after the triumph in Junior.

The skater twice became the world champion in the years, and also won bronze at the championship of the year. The athlete approached the status of one of the main favorites to the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang South Korea. At the Olympics, Medvedeva won silver both in solitary skating and in team competitions, losing the championship Alina Zagitova.

The skaters shared only 1.31 points. Why the two -time world champion broke up with the Canadian mentor Brian Orser and will again train in Russia in the same year Medvedeva announced the departure from Tutberidze after 11 years of cooperation and concluding a contract with Canadian coach Brian Orser, whose name is included in the glory hall of world figure skating.

Eugene moved to Canada, but the new stage of life was not easy for her. After great successes, she became the fifth at the Grand Prix stage in Canada and the second-at the Russian Grand Prix. And later she was even forced to withdraw from competitions for medical reasons. Evgeny did not officially finish the completion of his professional career. But in numerous interviews she repeatedly said that she stopped competing due to health reasons.

Evgeny Medvedev entered the history of figure skating as the owner of historical world records in an arbitrary program and in the sum of points. The skater has the title of Honored Master of Sports of Russia, a master of sports of the Russian Federation of an international class. He is a gentleman of the Order of Friendship. According to her, after leaving figure skating, she could become a coach, but so far does not have such a desire.

The last time Medvedeva went on the ice at the Russian championship in December. Despite this, its popularity is still great throughout the world. In the year, the Russian skater became the face of the Winter Olympic Games in Milan. The photograph of Medvedeva was posted on the main page in the figure skating section on the official website of the Olympics recently, the athlete appeared on ice only as part of television projects.

Again, fans could see the Olympic champion on November 15 at CSKA Arena on the eve of her flying. In addition to Figure skiing, Medvedev has many different interests from childhood: he is fond of astronomy, drawing, a game of a bit, and is also interested in eastern culture. In an interview, she said that in her free time she likes to read Japanese comics and watch anime, especially highlighting the character Silor Moon from the series of the same name.

The skater even performed in the image of the main character in one television show and at the World Cup in Tokyo. Things often adorn fragments of her drawings. And in the spring of the year she shared with the subscribers of her Telegram channel a new hobby, posting a video with a dance in the strip plastic genre for Billy Ailish's song. The athlete prefers not to advertise her personal life.

For the first time, Medvedev opened the veil of the secrets in the summer of the year. In social networks, she spoke about the novel with the skater Dmitry Chigirev, who performs in paired skating. Later, the media reported that after two years of relations they broke up. The reasons for the gap were not specified. Medvedeva herself stated that she considers herself free and dreams of a happy family.