Evgenia Medvedeva

Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva (alt. spelling: Yevgenia Medvedeva; In 2025, she announced her engagement to Russian dancer Ildar Gaynutdinov. On 29 August 2026, the couple was married.

In 2017, she commenced her university studies and enrolled at the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism.

Her figure skating idols are Evgeni Plushenko and Yuna Kim.

She relocated to Toronto, Canada, in mid-2018 and trained at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club until September 2020 when she rejoined her old coach in Russia, Eteri Tutberidze.

She has two French Bulldogs, Jerry and Tofu.

She said of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022, "this all has [to end] as soon as possible, like a bad dream".

In October 2024, Medvedeva performed as a guest during the gala exhibition at the 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, where she honored late friend, Denis Ten, by skating to music that he had composed himself.

Career Early years On the ice from the age of three, Medvedeva was taught initially by Elena Proskurina, Lubov Yakovleva, and Elena Selivanova. She then placed sixth on the junior level. She sustained an injury at the start of the following season and did not qualify for the senior Russian Nationals. She finished fourth behind Maria Sotskova at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships.

2013–2014 season: Junior international debut

Medvedeva's international debut came in the 2013–2014 season. Competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, she won gold first in Riga, Latvia, and then in Gdańsk, Poland.

On 7 May 2018, Medvedeva announced in a statement that she was ending her partnership with longtime coach Eteri Tutberidze and relocating to Toronto to train under coach Brian Orser. She would continue to represent Russia and her current club (Sambo 70) while training in Canada. and that the move was not motivated by her wanting better results. She then went on to explain that whilst she did not exactly see herself as friends with her coach, she saw herself as working on same level as Orser and that mainly she left 'to hear, and to be heard.'

2018–2019 season: Struggles and World bronze medal

Medvedeva began her first season with her new coaches at Autumn Classic International where she placed first in the short program and second in the free, finishing in second place overall, behind Bradie Tennell and ahead of Maé-Bérénice Méité.

In October, Medvedeva began competing on that year's Grand Prix circuit. At the 2018 Skate Canada, she stepped out on a downgraded triple flip in the short program, missing her combination as a result and placing seventh. She placed first in the free skate to win the bronze medal behind Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Mako Yamashita. At the time, Medvedeva was communicating with Orser via Skype and intended to return to Toronto when travel restrictions were eased.

In early September, Medvedeva presented her new programs set to Masquerade Waltz and Alegría at the Russian test skates. She made mistakes in both programs and it was later revealed that she had sustained a chronic back injury.

On 16 September 2020, Medvedeva announced that she would return to train under her former coaches, Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov, and Daniil Gleikhengauz. She and Orser parted ways on good terms. According to Orser, Medvedeva possibly could have returned to Canada from Japan, but she was unwilling to travel back without her mother, who had a different visa than her and would not have been able to gain entry.

Medvedeva was assigned to the first and second stages of the Russian Cup series, the qualifying series for the 2021 Russian Championships. However, she withdrew from both competitions and also did not compete at any of the later Russian Cup stages because of chronic back pain. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Grand Prix assignments were mostly domestic ones made based on training location and/or nationality. As a result, Medvedeva was assigned to the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, but later withdrew due to inflammation of her back injury.

In November, Medvedeva reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing symptoms. She was admitted to the hospital with severe lung damage. Medvedeva spent most of November and part of December recovering. She returned to training on 8 December and doctors advised her that she could not adequately prepare in two weeks for the 2021 Russian Championships at the end of the month, leading her to withdraw from Nationals. However, she was healthy enough to attend and watch Nationals, and also performed during the exhibition gala.

On 14 May 2021, Medvedeva was not included on the Russian national team for the 2021–22 season.

2021–2022 season: Retirement from competition In June, Medvedeva was not assigned any events on the 2021–22 Grand Prix series. On 5 August, she announced her intention to skip the upcoming season, thus ending her bid for a second Olympic team. On 1 December 2021, Medvedeva announced that she had ended her competitive skating career due to a chronic back injury.

Skating technique

Endorsements Medvedeva appeared on the front cover of the May 2017 issue of Russian Tatler, In April 2022, she appeared on the cover of the April issue of the men's magazine Maxim Russia.

Records and achievements

First women's singles skater to win senior Worlds the year after winning Junior Worlds, having won gold at the 2015 World Junior Championships and then at the 2016 World Championships. My marmalade

The Nutcracker

Revelatory

Bride Life

A Little Song About Bears

Anna Karenina 2024–2025 Ray of golden sun

Il treno del destino

Humans will survive

A word about love

Earthquake

A Little Song About Bears

Be Yourself

Mama Memoirs of a Geisha

Anna Karenina

Sailor Moon

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

River Flows in You

W.E.

Life 2023–2024 Vocalise Op. 34., No. 14.

Ellipses

Fly, fly

The Nutcracker

Life High

Alegría

Carmen 2022–2023 I'm waiting for spring

High Your Love

Grazie

Carmen 2021–2022 Grazie

Carmen

Your Love Alegría

Memoirs of a Geisha

Pre-2021

Detailed results

Senior level

Junior level

Television She appeared in the eighth and ninth season of ice show contest Ice Age.

Awards Awarded the title "Honored Master of Sports of Russia" by Vitaly Mutko in 2016. Awarded the Order of Friendship by Vladimir Putin. Awarded "the Silver DOE" of Russia.

Year Award Category Result

Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year Awards