Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Alexei Yagudin akatanga kutamba skating aine makore mana nomudzimai wake, Zoya, uyo akaona mutambo uyu senzira yokuvandudza nayo utano hwake. Akadzidza kusvetuka kwake kwose kaviri asati asvitsa makore gumi, kusvetuka katatu kashanu asati asvitsa makore gumi namaviri, uye kusvetuka katatu kweAxel asati asvitsa makore gumi namatatu. Murairidzi wake wokutanga akanga ari Alexander Mayorov, uye ipapo akazoziviswa kumurairidzi akakurumbira weRussia Alexei Mishin apo Mayorov akatamira kuSweden muna 1992. Yagudin akadzidziswa muboka raMishin kubva muna 1992 kusvika muna 1998. Akatanga kukwikwidza padanho repasi rose muna 1994, uye akakunda 1996 World Junior Championships
. Kurwisana kwakakurumbira nemumwe mukwikwidzi weRussia Evgeni Plushenko kwakatanga pavakadzidzira muboka raMishin, uye vakawedzera mushure mekunge Yagudin aenda.