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evgeni plushenko at the 2012 european figure skating championships russia alexei mishin 1986 yevgeny/yevgeni plyushchenko/plushchenko -lrb- see romanization of russian -rrb- dzhamku sfsr , soviet union , solnechny district , khabarovsk krai , russian maxim staviski , david avdish evgeni viktorovich plushenko 1.78 m ftin on pasquale camerlengo , kenji miyamoto mikhail makoveev , tatiana skala 3 november 1982 saint petersburg , russia 2012 european fsc evgeni plushenko.jpg evgeni plushenko
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evgeni plushenko

evgeni viktorovich plushenko -lrb- , born 3 november 1982 -rrb- is a russian figure skater .
he is a four-time olympic medalist -lrb- 2006 gold , 2014 team gold , 2002 & 2010 silver -rrb- , a three-time world champion -lrb- 2001 , 2003 , 2004 -rrb- , a seven-time european champion -lrb- 2000 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 , 2010 , 2012 -rrb- , a four-time grand prix final champion -lrb- 1999 -- 2000 , 2000 -- 01 , 2002 -- 03 , 2004 -- 05 -rrb- , and a ten-time russian national champion -lrb- 1999 -- 2002 , 2004 -- 2006 , 2010 , 2012 -- 2013 -rrb- .
plushenko 's four olympic medals tied sweden 's gillis grafström 's record for most olympic medals in figure skating .
