Evgeni Rukavicin

Evgeni Vladimirovich Rukavicin (; born 26 February 1977) is a Russian figure skating coach. He coaches ladies' and men's singles.

Career

Evgeni Rukavicin competed at 1995 Russian Figure Skating Championships where he placed 10th. He became a coach after his retirement from competitive figure skating when he was 19.

His first remarkable pupil was Konstantin Menshov. Nikita Starostin; - since 2024;

His former students included also Polina Agafonova - from 2013 to 2014; Alisa Fedichkina - until 2019; Roman Galay; Gordei Gorshkov; Elžbieta Kropa; Alena Leonova - began coaching her in 2014; Oona Ounasvuori - until 2023; Diana Pervushkina; Ihor (Igor) Reznichenko - until 2018; Serafima Sakhanovich - from 2015 to 2018;

Moreover, Rukavicin worked with Viveca Lindfors, 2019 European bronze medalist, and Matteo Rizzo, who also used to go to Saint Petersburg to work with Rukavicin and his group before winning bronze medal at the 2019 Europeans.

A lot of his students are known for their jumping achievements. Konstantin Menshov became one of the first skaters to have landed two quad jumps in a short program and three quads in a free skate (at the age of 31). Vladislav Sesganov practiced quad lutz and quad lutz - triple toe loop combination since 2011. He landed quad lutz in a sanctioned international competition in 2013. Some skaters from his training group practiced and attempted difficult jumps in competitions, such as Anton Shulepov, Konstantin Menshov, Dmitri Aliev, Gordei Gorshkov.