Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Alexei Yagudin waxaa lagu soo bandhigay barafka markii uu jiray afar sano hooyadiis, Zoya, oo u aragtay waxqabadka inay tahay hab lagu hagaajiyo caafimaadkiisa. Wuxuu bartay dhamaan boodboodidiisa laba jibbaaran ka hor da'da toban, shanta boodbood ee saddex jibbaaran ka hor da'da laba iyo toban, iyo boodboodka Axel ee saddex jibbaaran ka hor da'da saddex iyo toban. Tababarihiisii ugu horreeyay wuxuu ahaa Alexander Mayorov, ka dibna waxaa loo soo bandhigay tababaraha caanka ah ee Ruushka Alexei Mishin markii Mayorov uu u guuray Sweden 1992. Yagudin wuxuu tababar ku qaatay kooxda Mishin intii u dhaxeysay 1992 ilaa 1998. Wuxuu bilaabay inuu ku tartamo heer caalami ah 1994, wuxuuna ku guuleystay 1996 World Junior Championships
Waxaad Tartanka caanka ah ee uu la leeyahay ciyaaryahanka kale ee Ruushka Evgeni Plushenko wuxuu bilaabmay markii ay ku tababaranayeen kooxda Mishin, wuxuuna sii xoogeystay ka dib markii Yagudin ka tagay.