Career
Нe coaches ladies" and men"s singles. 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.
His first remarkable pupil is Konstantin Menshov.
Rukavicin coached Menshov to the 2011 Russian National title and 2014 European bronze medal. His current students include also
Dmitri Aliev;
Maria Artemieva;
Gordei Gorshkov;
Alisa Fedichkina;
Alena Leonova;
Diana Pervushkina;
Serafima Sakhanovich;
Anton Shulepov;
His former students included Polina Agafonova, Ksenia Makarova and Vladislav Sesganov.
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.
He landed quad lutz in a sanctioned international competition in 2013. Some of students coached by Rukavicin (Menshov, Aliev, Gorshkov) also practice quad loop. Gordei Gorshkov attempted quad loop at a domestic sanctioned competition in 2014, but the jump was downgraded.