Evgenia Medvedeva is a two-time Olympic silver medalist, a two-time world champion, a two-time European champion, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Russian national champion, silver medalist at the 2018 European Figure Skating Championships and bronze medalist at the 2019 World Championships.
77 Facts About Evgenia Medvedeva
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Evgenia Medvedeva became one of only four ladies to achieve a Grand Slam, and the first skater to complete two Grand Slams in a row.
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Evgenia Medvedeva competes under the surname Medvedeva, which was the maiden name of her maternal grandmother.
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Evgenia Medvedeva has stated that she has lepidopterophobia.
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Evgenia Medvedeva is known to friends as "Zhenya" and "Janny".
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Evgenia Medvedeva speaks English in addition to Russian, as well as basic Japanese.
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Evgenia Medvedeva relocated to Toronto, Canada in mid-2018 and trained at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club until September 2020 when she rejoined her old coach in Russia, Eteri Tutberidze.
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Evgenia Medvedeva made her senior national debut at the 2012 Russian Championships, finishing eighth, and then placed sixth on the junior level.
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Evgenia Medvedeva sustained an injury at the start of the following season and did not qualify for the senior Russian Nationals.
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Evgenia Medvedeva finished fourth behind Maria Sotskova at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships.
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Evgenia Medvedeva was assigned to replace the injured Sotskova at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Evgenia Medvedeva then took gold at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships, finishing almost 20 points ahead of silver medalist Maria Sotskova.
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At the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Evgenia Medvedeva placed first after the short program and set a new world record of 68.48 points for junior ladies' short program.
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Evgenia Medvedeva had no falls on the ice throughout the season in international events.
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Evgenia Medvedeva started her season with a gold medal at the 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy, an ISU Challenger Series event in early October.
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Evgenia Medvedeva won silver at her next Grand Prix assignment, the 2015 Rostelecom Cup, behind compatriot Elena Radionova.
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In January 2016, Evgenia Medvedeva competed at her first senior-level ISU Championships, the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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In March 2016, Evgenia Medvedeva won the gold medal at the 2016 World Championships in Boston, United States.
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Evgenia Medvedeva's overall score of 223.86 was a new personal best and was 8.47 points ahead of silver medalist Ashley Wagner.
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Evgenia Medvedeva matched Kimmie Meissner's feat in becoming the second skater in 23 years to win in her debut at the world championships, and is the youngest world figure skating champion under modern rules.
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Evgenia Medvedeva became the second ladies skater to win the Grand Prix Final, Europeans, Worlds and her country's national championships all in one season.
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Evgenia Medvedeva ranked first in both segments at the 2016 Team Challenge Cup in Spokane, Washington.
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Evgenia Medvedeva began her Grand Prix season at the 2016 Skate Canada International.
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Evgenia Medvedeva then placed first in both segments at the 2016 Trophee de France on her way to another GP title.
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Evgenia Medvedeva scored 78.52 points in the short program, the second highest score for a lady and just 0.14 from a world record held by Mao Asada.
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Evgenia Medvedeva collected 15 points from both events and qualified for the Grand Prix Final with maximum points.
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At the Final in Marseille, France, Evgenia Medvedeva became the world record holder for the ladies' short program score previously held by Mao Asada.
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Evgenia Medvedeva won the title with an overall score 9.33 points ahead of silver medalist Satoko Miyahara.
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In December 2016, Evgenia Medvedeva defended her national title at the 2017 Russian Championships, despite the third jump of her 3S-3T-3T combination receiving no points.
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Evgenia Medvedeva reset the free skate world record with a score of 150.79 and became the current world record holder for the ladies' combined total score, which was previously held by Yuna Kim.
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Evgenia Medvedeva was the only skater in the competition to receive 10.00s in performance as part of the component score.
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Evgenia Medvedeva became the first female skater to win back-to-back world titles in 16 years, and the first Russian woman ever to successfully defend her world title.
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Evgenia Medvedeva placed first in the short program with a new world record score of 80.85, becoming the first female skater to break the 80-point mark for the ladies' short program score.
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Evgenia Medvedeva placed first again in the free skate with another world record score of 160.46, becoming the first female skater to break the 160-point mark for the ladies' free skating score.
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Evgenia Medvedeva contributed the maximum 24 points and helped Team Russia win their second consecutive silver medal while Team Japan and Team USA won gold and bronze respectively.
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Evgenia Medvedeva continued her winning streak with a gold medal at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Evgenia Medvedeva won her Grand Prix event in Russia as well as the 2017 NHK Trophy, held a month later in Osaka, Japan.
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At the 2018 Europeans, held in Moscow, Evgenia Medvedeva finished second to teammate Alina Zagitova.
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Evgenia Medvedeva then scored 156.65 points in the free skating program for a total of 238.26 points, putting her in second place behind Zagitova, who scored 156.65 points in the free skating program for a total score of 239.57, and earning her an Olympic silver medal.
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On 7 May 2018, Evgenia Medvedeva announced in a statement that she was ending her partnership with longtime coach Eteri Tutberidze and relocating to Toronto to train under coach Brian Orser.
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Evgenia Medvedeva would continue to represent Russia and her current club while training in Canada.
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Evgenia Medvedeva stated the reason for ending her partnership with former coach, Tutberidze, in an Instagram Live.
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Evgenia Medvedeva said that she 'left to work together with a coach like friends' and that the move was not motivated by her wanting better results.
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Evgenia Medvedeva then went on to explain that whilst she did not exactly see herself as friends with her coach, she saw herself as working on same level as Orser and that mainly she left 'to hear, and to be heard.
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Evgenia Medvedeva began her first season with her new coaches at Autumn Classic International where she placed first in the short program and second in the free, finishing in second place overall, behind Bradie Tennell and ahead of Mae-Berenice Meite.
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Evgenia Medvedeva placed first in the free skate to win the bronze medal behind Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Mako Yamashita.
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Evgenia Medvedeva placed fourth at the 2018 Internationaux de France in November after several falls and under-rotations in both programs.
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Evgenia Medvedeva was named the second alternate for the European Championships and first alternate for the Winter Universiade; she was called up for the Winter Universiade after Elizaveta Tuktamysheva withdrew, but Medvedeva withdrew and Maria Sotskova replaced Medvedeva.
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Evgenia Medvedeva was selected for the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships team.
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At the 2019 World Championships, Evgenia Medvedeva skated despite sustaining an injury in her thigh.
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Evgenia Medvedeva placed fourth in the short program after underrotating the second part of her combination jump.
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Evgenia Medvedeva performed a clean free skate apart from an underrotated double Axel, placing third in that segment, and won the bronze medal.
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Evgenia Medvedeva declined an invitation to the World Team Trophy, to recover from her injury.
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Evgenia Medvedeva began the season with Autumn Classic International, where she finished second in both programs, winning the silver medal behind Rika Kihira.
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Evgenia Medvedeva nonetheless placed first in the short program and second in the free skate to place first overall over Elizabet Tursynbaeva and Lim Eun-soo, winning her first international gold medal with coach Brian Orser and the first international gold medal since the NHK Trophy in 2017.
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Evgenia Medvedeva came back strongly the next day, placing third in the free skate after Alexandra Trusova and Kihira.
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Evgenia Medvedeva's score of 146.73 was a season's best, moving her up to fifth place overall.
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At the Rostelecom Cup in her hometown of Moscow, Evgenia Medvedeva won the short program with a score of 76.93 points, a personal best under the new scoring system.
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Evgenia Medvedeva skated a clean free skate, apart from an edge call on her Lutz, placing second in that segment and taking the silver medal behind Trusova with a new personal best total score of 225.76.
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At the time, Evgenia Medvedeva was communicating with Orser via Skype and intended to return to Toronto when travel restrictions were eased.
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Evgenia Medvedeva made mistakes in both programs and it was later revealed that she had sustained a chronic back injury.
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On 16 September 2020, Evgenia Medvedeva announced that she would return to train under her former coaches, Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov, and Daniil Gleikhengauz.
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Evgenia Medvedeva was assigned to the first and second stages of the Russian Cup series, the qualifying series for the 2021 Russian Championships.
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Evgenia Medvedeva was admitted to the hospital with severe lung damage.
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Evgenia Medvedeva returned to training on 8 December and doctors advised her that she could not adequately prepare in two weeks for the 2021 Russian Championships at the end of the month, leading her to withdraw from Nationals.
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On 1 December 2021, Evgenia Medvedeva announced that she'd ended her competitive skating career due to a chronic back injury.
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Evgenia Medvedeva is known for practicing various triple-triple-triple and triple-triple-triple-triple jump combinations.
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Evgenia Medvedeva has performed 2A-3Lo, 3Lo-3Lo and 3F-3Lo in practices.
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Evgenia Medvedeva appeared on the front cover of the May 2017 issue of Russian Tatler, as well as the July 2017 issue of Elle Girl Russia.
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Evgenia Medvedeva was on the cover of the March 2018 issue of Top Beauty Russia.
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Evgenia Medvedeva was included in the 2017 SportsPro 50 Most Marketable Athletes List, ranked 46.
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Evgenia Medvedeva was the second figure skater to be featured after the British sports magazine previously listed Yuna Kim in 2013.
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Evgenia Medvedeva was included in Business Insider 2017 list of the world's 50 most dominant athletes, ranked 14, and in the Forbes '30 under 30 Europe' list of 2017 as one of the most successful young people in Europe.
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Evgenia Medvedeva is sponsored by John Wilson, her Gold Seal blade manufacturer, Edea, her skating boot manufacturer, and Nike.
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In 2019, Evgenia Medvedeva appeared in a TV advertisement for the Japanese game Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Gaiden with Russian teammate Alina Zagitova.
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Evgenia Medvedeva has made cooperations with Japanese brands Rivaland and Aniplex.
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In February 2021, Evgenia Medvedeva became one of Ozon's ambassador, in March 2021, she became a Nestle brand ambassador.