What is Evgeny Platov?
[[File:Grishuk and Platov 1994 Europeans.jpg|thumb|Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov at the 1994 European championships]] '''Evgeny Platov''' (born August 7, 1967, [[Odesa]], [[Ukraine]]). He was a [[Russia]]n [[ice dancing|dancer]], and began skating when he was nine years old. He studied at the [[Physical Institute of Culture]] in [[Moscow]]. Platov won two [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medals and four world championships with his partner, [[Oksana Grishuk]] After the [[1998 Olympics]] in [[Nagano, Nagano|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|Princeton]], [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lifeskate.com/skate/2009/01/evgeny-platov-ice-dancing-legend-coaches-sinead-john-kerr-danielle-alexander-gamelin-next-generation-.html |title=Lifeskate.com, January 2, 2009 |access-date=January 11, 2011 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728110350/http://www.lifeskate.com/skate/2009/01/evgeny-platov-ice-dancing-legend-coaches-sinead-john-kerr-danielle-alexander-gamelin-next-generation-.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Amateur competitions== *World Championships: first in 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 *[[Olympic Games|Olympics]]: gold medal in 1994 and 1998 *European Championships: first place in 1996, 1997, and 1998 ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons cat-inline}} * [http://members.tripod.com/~usova-platov1/index.html Platov and Usova site] {{DEFAULTSORT:Platov, Evgeny}} [[Category:1972 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Russia|Olympic gold medalists]] [[Category:Russian figure skaters]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Odesa]]