Tatiana Tarasova
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About
Russian figure skating coach and adviser who, as of 2018, has coached more world and Olympic champions than any skating coach in history. In March 2008, she was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
Before Fame
She began skating at 5 years old. She was a two-time Soviet national medalist until an injury forced her into retirement at 18.
Trivia
She founded the Russian All-Stars, an ice ballet, in the mid-1980s.
Family Life
Her father is ice hockey coach Anatoli Tarasov. She was married to famed pianist Vladimir Krainev until his death in 2011.
Associated With
Some of her former students include Mao Asada, Ilia Kulik, Sasha Cohen and Evan Lysacek.
