Evgeni Rukavicin

Evgeni Vladimirovich Rukavicin (Russian: Евгений Владимирович Рукавицын; born 26 February 1977) is a Russian figure skating coach. Нe 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.^[1]

His most remarkable pupil was Konstantin Menshov.^[2][3] Rukavicin coached Menshov to the 2011 Russian National title and 2014 European bronze medal.

His current students include

• Dmitri Aliev;^[4][5]
• Maria Artemieva;^[6][7]
• Gordei Gorshkov;^[8][9]
• Alisa Fedichkina;^[10]
• Makar Ignatov;
• Alena Leonova;^[11][12]
• Diana Pervushkina;^[13]
• Serafima Sakhanovich;^[14]
• Anton Shulepov;^[15]

His former students included also Polina Agafonova,^[16] Ksenia Makarova^[17] and Vladislav Sesganov.^[18]

His students are known for their jumps. Konstantin Menshov is one of the few skaters to have landed two quad jumps in a short program and three quads in a free one. Vladislav Sesganov practiced quad lutz and quad lutz - triple toe loop combination.^[19][20][21] He landed quad lutz in a sanctioned international competition in 2013.^[22] Anton Shulepov also made attempts of the quad lutz in competitions in 2016. ^[23] Some of students coached by Rukavicin (Menshov, Aliev, Gorshkov) also practice quad loop.^[24][25][26] Gordei Gorshkov attempted quad loop at a domestic sanctioned competition in 2014, but the jump was downgraded.^[27]

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