Tatiana Tarasova
 Tarasova in 2007 |
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova |
| Country represented |  Soviet Union |
| Born | February 13, 1947 |
| Former partner | Aleksandr Tikhomirov Georgi Proskurin |
| Retired | 1966 |
Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova (Russian: 
Татья́на Анато́льевна Тара́сова (help·info), born February 13, 1947) is a Russian figure skating coach and national figure skating team adviser.[1] Tarasova has been coach to more world and Olympic champions than any other coach in skating history. As of 2003, her students have won a total of 41 gold medals at the European and World championships. As of 2010, her students have won a combined total of 7 Olympic gold medals in three of the four Olympic figure skating disciplines. Thus, she is popularly called the "Champion maker". She was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2008. She was the wife of Vladimir Krainev (1944-2011).
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[edit] Biography
Tatiana Tarasova is the daughter of Anatoly Tarasov, a famed ice hockey coach, who introduced her to figure skating at the age of 5. She competed in pair skating with Aleksandr Tikhomirov[2] and Georgi Proskurin. With Proskurin, she was a two-time Soviet national medalist. They finished 7th at the 1965 World Championships and 4th at the 1966 European Championships.[3]
(with Proskurin)
| Event | 1963–64 | 1964–65 | 1965–66 |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | 7th | ||
| European Championships | 6th | 4th | |
| Soviet Championships | 3rd | 2nd | |
| Winter Universiade | 1st |
At 18 years of age, Tarasova suffered a career-ending injury. One year later, at her father's insistence, she started coaching.
Her most notable students have been Alexei Yagudin, Ilia Kulik, Natalia Bestemianova & Andrey Bukin, Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov, Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov, Marina Klimova & Sergey Ponomarenko and Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev.
In the mid-1990s, she launched a hugely successful ice ballet show called "Russian All-Stars." Tarasova lived for more than a decade in Simsbury, Connecticut, where she coached at the International Skating Center of Connecticut, before she announced her retirement from full-time coaching and moved back to Russia in 2006. Having returned to coaching in 2008 she coached Japanese 2008 World Champion and 2010 Olympic silver medalist Mao Asada.
Tarasova was awarded Order of Friendship of Peoples (1984).[4] In March 2008, she was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
[edit] Coaching career
Her students have included:
- Mao Asada. She coached her from 2008 until 2010. After her gold medal at the 2010 World Championships, Asada was looking for a new coach.[5]
- Shizuka Arakawa. Led her to win the World Championships in 2004 and Olympic Gold medal in 2006 together with Nikolai Morozov.
- Natalia Bestemianova & Andrey Bukin. Led them to four World Championships and the Olympic Gold medal in 1988.
- Artem Borodulin. Coached him and choreographed programs for him.
- Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz. World Champions in 2003 in ice dance.
- Galit Chait & Sergei Sakhnovski. World bronze medalists in 2002.
- Sasha Cohen. Coached her from 2002 until 2004. Was also her choreographer.
- Annette Dytrt. Choreographed programs for her.
- Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio. World Champions in 2001 in ice dance.
- Elene Gedevanishvili. Has worked with her during multiple periods of her career.
- Timothy Goebel. Choreographed multiple programs for him.
- Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov. Led them to win four World Championships and two Olympic Gold medals in 1994 and 1998.
- Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov. Four-time World Champions and twice Olympic Gold Medalists in 1988 and 1994.
- Brian Joubert: choreographed his programs in the 2004-5 season.
- Marina Klimova & Sergey Ponomarenko. Led them to three World Championships and the Olympic Gold medal in 1992.
- Ilia Kulik. Was also his choreographer. Led him to win the Olympic Gold medal in 1998.
- Michelle Kwan. Choreographed a lot of her programs.
- Evan Lysacek.[6] Choreographed multiple programs for him.
- Kevin Reynolds. Choreographed some of his programs.
- Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev. Led them to win six World Championships and two Olympic Gold medals in 1976 and 1980.
- Adelina Sotnikova. Choreographed her 2010-2011 programs.
- Denis Ten. Worked with him during periods of his career as well as choreographed programs for him.
- Sergey Voronov. Choreographed programs for him.
- Johnny Weir. Choreographed multiple programs for him.
- Alexei Yagudin. Coached and choreographed him from 1998 to his retirement in 2003. Led him to three World Championships and an Olympic Gold medal in 2002.
Tarasova is assisted by choreographer Jeanetta Folle.
[edit] Honours and awards
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (27 February 1998) - for outstanding athletic achievement at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games in 1998
- Order of Honour (13 February 2007) - for outstanding contribution to the development of physical culture and sport and many years of fruitful activity
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice
- Order of the Badge of Honour (1976)
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (1984)
- Honoured coach of the USSR (1975)
- Honoured coach of the RSFSR (1972)
- Honoured Artist of the RSFSR
- Master of Sports of international class
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/205225
- ^ (Russian) Tarasova, Tatiana (1985). Chetyrie Vremeni Goda. Moskva: Sov. Rossia. pp. 176.
- ^ Skatabase
- ^ (in Russian) Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year. Moscow: Physical Culture and Sports publisher. 1985. p. 38.
- ^ "No tears, but Nagasu still must get past fears". Chicago Tribune. March 27, 2010. http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/sports_globetrotting/2010/03/updated-no-tears-but-nagasu-still-must-get-past-fears.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter.
- ^ Evan Lysacek, Figure Skating
[edit] External links
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- Tatiana Tarasova's official site(Russian)
- Vladimir Karinev's official site(Russian)(English)(German)(French)
- Russian figure skating coaches
- Soviet figure skating coaches
- Soviet pair skaters
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Figure skating choreographers
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice
- Recipients of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Honored Artists of RSFSR
