Evgenia Medvedeva

Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva is an Olympics medallist and gold-medal-winning skating champion, known for her consecutive championship wins.

Learning to skate since the age of three, Medvedeva made her senior national debut at the Russian Championships in 2012, closely followed by her international junior debut at the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2013-14 season. During this series, Medvedeva successfully won two gold medals at events in both Latvia and Poland, enabling her to qualify for the JGP final, at which she took home the bronze medal. Returning to the series in the following season during 2014-15, Medvedeva successfully won gold in the JGP finals in Barcelona, before going on to win gold at the senior Grand Prix Finals during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons. Repeating her success, Medvedeva won bronze at the World Junior Championships during 2014, followed by gold in 2015. Qualifying for the senior World Championships, Medvedeva became the world champion during 2016 and held on to that title during 2017, before winning the bronze during the 2019 championships. Medvedeva is also a two-time European Champion, winning gold during 2016 and 2017, as well as a silver medal in 2018. Competing at the World Team Trophy event during 2017 in Tokyo, Medvedeva also contributed to Russia’s silver win.

More recently, Medvedeva qualified to represent Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, at which she took home two silver medals in both the singles and team events. As of the 2019-20 season, Medvedeva is the 13th highest ranked female figure skater.