She became one of only four ladies to achieve a Grand Slam (winning all the main competitions of the same season), and the first skater (all disciplines included) to complete two Grand Slams in a row ( 2015–2016 2016–2017). At the 2017 World Championships, she became the first female skater to win back-to-back world titles in 16 years since Michelle Kwan did so in 20, and is currently the only Russian woman ever to successfully defend her world title. Medvedeva is the first ladies' singles skater to win senior Worlds the year after winning Junior Worlds, and the first ladies' singles skater to win two consecutive senior Worlds the year after winning Junior Worlds. Earlier in her career, she won the 2015 World Junior Championships, the 2014 Junior Grand Prix Final, and the 2015 Russian Junior Championships. She is the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic silver medalist ( 2018 ladies' singles, 2018 team event), a two-time world champion ( 2016, 2017), a two-time European champion ( 2016, 2017), a two-time Grand Prix Final champion ( 2015, 2016), a two-time Russian national champion ( 2016, 2017), silver medalist at the 2018 European Figure Skating Championships and bronze medalist at the 2019 World Championships. spelling: Yevgenia Medvedeva Russian: Евгения Армановна Медведева, IPA: born 19 November 1999), is a retired competitive Russian figure skater.
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