Evgeni Plushenko

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Evgeni Plushenko (born November 3, 1982) is a Russian 3-time world champion, 3-time European Champion and 6-time Russian Champion figure skater and 2002 Winter Olympics silver medallist. Plushenko was the first skater to ever complete a successful Quad-Triple-Triple jump in competition and is also the only male skater to perform the Biellmann spin. He was the youngest male skater to receive a perfect score of 6.0 the age of 16 years old. Thus far, he has received a total of 59 6.0's.