page_title: Evgenia Medvedeva
section_title: Skating technique
hierarchical_section_title: Evgenia Medvedeva / Skating technique
caption_attribution_description: English: Evgenia Medvedeva at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games - Free program
context_page_description: Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva, is a Russian figure skater. She 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.
  Earlier in her career, she won the 2015 World Junior Championships, the 2014 Junior Grand Prix Final, and the 2015 Russian Junior Championships.
  Medvedeva is the first ladies' singles skater to win senior Worlds the year after winning Junior Worlds, 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 the first Russian woman ever to successfully defend her world title. She became one of only four ladies to have achieve a Grand Slam, and the first skater to complete two Grand Slam in a row.
context_section_description: Medvedeva commonly performs almost all of her jumps with an arm over her head, a technique called the "Tano" variation, a position first popularized by Brian Boitano as part of his triple lutz jump. She performs several jump combinations ending with a triple toe loop, such as the 3F-3T, 3S-3T, 3Lo-3T and 2A-3T. She is also known for practicing various triple-triple-triple and triple-triple-triple-triple jump combinations.  In the 2016-2017 season, Medvedeva also rejuvenated the "Rippon" variation which involves doing jumps with both arms over the head. In the 2018-19 season, Medvedeva also started including the triple loop jump on the end of a combination such as the 3S-3Lo. She has also performed 2A-3Lo, 3Lo-3Lo and 3F-3Lo in practices. She also commonly performs a cross grab I-position spiral towards the centre of the rink near the end of her programs. 
  Despite her consistency and difficulty of transitions, Medvedeva is often criticized for her "flutz", which is a Lutz jump, but taken off from the inside edge rather than the required outside edge.
caption: Medvedeva performing a Lutz at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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