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Alexei Yagudin

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Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin is a Russian former figure skater born March 18, 1980, in Leningrad, who won the gold medal in men's singles at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. A four time World champion in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002, and a three time European champion, he is the only skater in any discipline to complete a Golden Slam by winning every major championship in a single season, 2001-2002. At the 2002 World Championships he received six perfect 6.0 marks for his short program, a record that can no longer be equaled after figure skating changed its judging system.

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Birth Year
1980 1
Birth Date
1980-03-18 1
Nationality
Russian 1
Career Highlight
2002 Olympic figure skating champion and four-time World champion (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002). 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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How did Alexei Yagudin do at the 1998 Winter Olympics?

He finished fifth while ill with pneumonia, then won the World title a month later.

Yagudin competed at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics despite a severe case of pneumonia and finished fifth. A month later he won the 1998 World Championships, which made him the first Russian single skater from the post-Soviet era to win the World title.
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Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin (%5B%5BWikipedia%3ATemplates+for+discussion%2FLog%2F2025+April+17%23Template%3ALang-rus%5D%5D{{{CRITERION}}}</noinclude>Russian: Алексей Константинович Ягудин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksʲeɪ̯ kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪt͡ɕ ɪ̯ɪˈɡudʲɪn] ; 18 March 1980) is a Russian former competitive figure skater.
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    He is the 2002 Olympic champion, a four-time World champion (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002)
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    Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin (Russian: Алексей Константинович Ягудин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksʲeɪ̯ kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪt͡ɕ ɪ̯ɪˈɡudʲɪn] ; 18 March 1980) is a Russian former competitive figure skater.
  • Plays: Figure Skating, lead paragraph, plays
    Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin (%5B%5BWikipedia%3ATemplates+for+discussion%2FLog%2F2025+April+17%23Template%3ALang-rus%5D%5D{}</noinclude>Russian: Алексей Константинович Ягудин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksʲeɪ̯ kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪt͡ɕ ɪ̯ɪˈɡudʲɪn]; 18 March 1980) is a Russian former competitive figure sk
  • Competed In: 2002 Winter Olympics, Article text
    At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Yagudin won the men's event, receiving first-place votes from every judge throughout the competition, became one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic champions.
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