Evgeny Platov
Evgeny Platov (born August 7, 1967, Odesa, Ukraine).
He was a Russian dancer, and began skating when he was nine years old. He studied at the Physical Institute of Culture in Moscow.
Platov won two Olympic gold medals and four world championships with his partner, Oksana Grishuk
After the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan, Platov started skating as a professional with a different partner, Maya Usova, until he retired from performing in 2002. He is now a coach at Princeton Sports Center in Princeton, New Jersey.[1]
Amateur competitions[change | change source]
- World Championships: first in 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997
- Olympics: gold medal in 1994 and 1998
- European Championships: first place in 1996, 1997, and 1998
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Lifeskate.com, January 2, 2009". Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Evgeny Platov at Wikimedia Commons