Biography of Evgenia Tarasova
Evgenia Tarasova is a Russian figure skater who performs in pairs with Vladimir Morozov. Together they are multiple winners of international and European competitions, winners of the Grand Prix finals (2016) and the European Championships (2017, 2018), silver medalists of the 2018 Olympic Games in team performances. Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation.
Figure skater Evgenia Tarasova
Pair skating
2010 was a turning point in the sports career of Evgenia Tarasova. She moved from her native Kazan to the capital of Russia and switched to pair skating. The girl began to train with Yegor Chudin. They quickly worked together and soon became members of the national team. However, this tandem did not last long. A year later, Yegor decided to leave the sport and perform at ice shows.
Evgenia's new partner in the spring of 2012 was the promising figure skater Vladimir Morozov. And within a year, the newly married couple achieved some success. They took prizes in Russian championships and won the Warsaw Cup (2012). Having worked together, Evgenia and Vladimir improved their results.
For 5 years, Tarasova and Morozov took part in many prestigious competitions and championships. Their joint achievements include gold in the Golden Horse of Zagreb (2015) and Ondrej Nepela Memorial (2017) tournaments, the 2020 European Championship and the Grand Prix Final (2017), as well as a number of silver and bronze awards (Grand Prix). at the Russian Cup, Skate Canada International, Eric Bompard Prize, Skate America, World Team Championship).
This star pair of skaters has many fans not only in Russia, but all over the world. They even received the cute nickname “saffron milk caps”. By the way, the couple communicates closely not only during training and performances, but also in life. They are often seen together outside the stadium.
Childhood
Evgenia was born on December 17, 1994 in Kazan. The girl and her sister were raised by their mother and grandmother, who now live in the small village of Derbyshki in the suburbs of the capital of Tatarstan.
Evgenia Tarasova in childhood
Tarasova’s grandmother dreamed of her granddaughter taking up ballroom dancing, but in the end the choice fell on another sport. A coach helped me decide on a future activity when he noticed little Zhenya at the Raketa stadium - the girl started skating at the age of 4 and was not afraid of the ice. So Tarasova began to attend Kazan sports school No. 1.
Evgenia Tarasova with her mother Tatyana Tarasova
Soon, Zhenya’s abilities were appreciated by the famous coach Gennady Tarasov (the athlete’s namesake), who took what he thought was a promising girl into his group. However, Evgenia managed to learn very little from the great master - when she was 11 years old, Tarasov died.
Biography of Tarasova
Zhenya was born on December 17, 1994 in Kazan. She got into sports at a very young age. The girl skated at the Kazan Raketa stadium, and the coaches “noticed” her. They advised the mother to send her daughter to a figure skating school. Thus, in 1998, at the age of 4, Tarasova began her victorious journey on the ice.
Evgenia was trained by namesake Gennady Tarasov and Vyacheslav Golovlev. The hardworking and petite girl (her height is 158 centimeters) performed the programs perfectly. Tarasova won her first serious victory in 2007 at the III Winter Spartakiad of Russian students of the Volga and Ural Federal Districts, winning gold. A year later, Zhenya took 4th place in the junior Grand Prix tournament (Belarus). In 2009, the figure skater took 12th place at the Russian championship among girls singles.
Career
Tarasova quickly became one of the most successful single figure skaters in Tatarstan and joined the Russian junior team. After good performances at several competitions in 2010, the girl moved to Moscow at the invitation of Yegor Chudin, who became her partner. Nina Mikhailovna Moser began training the couple.
In the photo: Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov
After joining the Russian national team in 2011, Chudin unexpectedly decided to go into ice shows, while Zhenya strived for great sporting achievements. Some time later, Zhenya paired up with Vladimir Morozov and began working with the honored coach of Russia Stanislav Morozov.
The beginning of the history of this sports couple was very successful: they won the Warsaw Cup in the 2012-2013 season, became fifth at the 2013 Youth World Championships and fourth in the Junior Grand Prix final in Japan, and improved their results at the Universiade in Italy and took second place.
One of the best couples in Russian figure skating
After Vladimir’s unfortunate falls at the 2014 Russian Championships in Sochi and the last eighth place, the couple managed to overcome the failure and show brilliant results at the Russian junior championships, and then the Junior World Championships in Sofia (gold and silver).
Soon Evgenia and Vladimir began working with Andrei Hekalo, who was joined by five-time world champion, German athlete Robin Szolkowy (former partner of current Olympic champion Alena Savchenko). The alliance with experienced professionals has borne fruit - the guys increasingly began to take prizes and show amazing results in every season.
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In the pre-Olympic season, the couple performed very well, which ensured their participation in the Olympics in Pyeongchang. In January 2017, Tarasova and Morozov won the European Championship for the second time in a row, ahead of the legendary pair Alen Savchenko - Bruno Massot. In the spring of 2017, the couple took bronze at the World Championships and silver at the 2017 Russian Championships, where the guys lost only a point to the more experienced Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov.
Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov at the 2017 World Cup
On the way to great victories, Evgenia was not broken even by the leg injury that she received three weeks before participating in the World Team Championship in Tokyo. This did not stop the couple from performing well and bringing the team enough points for a silver medal.
“There’s been something wrong with her brain for a long time”: Rodnina and Tarasova got into a fight
Relations between Tarasova and Rodnina began to deteriorate during the time they worked together as a coach and figure skater. Rodnina came to Tarasova in 9174 already in the status of an Olympic champion, but according to many, it was under this coach that the Rodnina-Zaitsev developed a signature style. Despite this, the skater considered Stanislav Zhuk , and around the same time the relationship between Rodnina and Tarasova began to crack.
Rodnina released the first portion of criticism towards Tarasova in her autobiographical book “Tear of a Champion,” where she called working with the honored coach of the USSR “emotional.” According to the Olympic champion Tatyana Anatolyevna, “just as she loves backhand, she hits backhand.”
And Tarasova soon confirmed this theory, more than once criticizing Rodnina the man and Rodnina the deputy. A month ago, the famous coach again pricked her former student, complaining that Rodnina “does not remember and does not appreciate” the actions addressed to her:
“I even feel sorry for Ira when I hear her, honestly. After all, it was with me that she became great. But this is the kind of person she is, with such a character. I always knew this, but I went out of my way: I couldn’t afford for Ira to be second and not first.
I took her child from the maternity hospital, found music for her, so that immediately after the birth of her son, Ira would get used to the idea that she would return and win again. If a person does not remember and does not appreciate such things, why should I be upset about this? I don’t even want to think about it.”
In turn, Rodnina often criticizes Tarasova for her work as a commentator. And the Honored Trainer of the USSR does not like the parliamentary career of her former student. This is what she managed to share quite recently, unleashing another conflict in the media.
“Why does she work there? I will also keep an eye on her, why I need her. Some scandals that are being written about. She's generally absurd, Ira. I worked so hard and joyfully with her that my communication with her was enough for the rest of my life. Therefore, I am completely free, this is not my friend, not the person with whom I can share my joy or sorrow.
Her mother Yulia Yakovlevna, who squeezed her juices with her hands with a pressure of 300, was escorted to the next world by my mother, not Rodnina. Ira did not come from America. There are some things that remain with you because a person does not change. That’s why I was always embarrassed that she was Jewish and never talked about it.”
In addition, Tarasova stated that Rodnina sent former figure skater Elena Cherkasskaya to a tournament in Australia when she had stage four cancer, during which she could not even drink water. Here Rodnina did not remain silent, saying that Tarasova “has something wrong with her brain”:
“I would advise Tatyana Anatolyevna to delve a little into history. If there is that moment, then it is 1981. And Cherkasskaya died of cancer in 2000. Do these words hurt me? It’s not my job to comment on Tarasova’s words. You need to justify something. God will judge her, Tarasova has lost something in her brain a long time ago. And it’s dirty to talk about a person who is no longer there.”
Personal life of Evgenia Tarasova
Fans attribute Tarasova to an affair with Vladimir Morozov - the athletes do not confirm or refute these guesses. On the girl’s Instagram account you can see many photos together with Vladimir, taken outside the skating rink; the girl does not hide the fact that they are connected not only by a working relationship.
Evgenia also admitted that she is not yet planning to start a family and get married, but wants to focus on figure skating and maintaining excellent physical shape.
“Mother of Figure Skating”: Tatyana Navka touchingly congratulated Tatyana Tarasova on her 73rd birthday
Yesterday, February 13, Tatyana Tarasova celebrated her 73rd birthday. In honor of the holiday, one of the coach’s “pupils,” 44-year-old Tatyana Navka, wrote a touching congratulation.
“My dear, my beloved, Tatyana Anatolyevna, happy birthday! You are a woman who can be described as “the mother of Russian figure skating”! And, like a true mother, she will always advise, help, scold, calm and motivate! An amazing hostess, whose house is cozy, hospitable, sincere and warm! A woman with a capital “W” and an invariably amazing professional in her field! I wish you long and equally successful, fruitful and creative years of life! And, of course, to raise more than one Olympic champion! I respect and love you immensely!” — the Olympic champion wrote on Instagram.
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Navka published archival photographs and videos of Tarasova. They show the coach and the skater after the competition, as well as in the jury's judge's chairs. Navka's fans responded warmly to such a touching message.
Tatiana Navka and Tatiana Tarasova
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“Tatyana Anatolyevna is our everything in figure skating!”, “Legendary woman”, “Beauty! Queen!”, “Great, beautiful, wise! Health!”, “Girls, you are beauties! We're proud!" - subscribers commented under the publication.
Tatiana Navka and Tatiana Tarasova
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53-year-old Irina Zhuk, a Russian figure skating coach, also congratulated Tatyana Tarasova on her birthday and published a video from the celebration.
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“Thank you, dear Tatyana Anatolyevna, for the holiday! It was very emotional and fun! You, as always, are on top! Love you!" — Irina wrote on Instagram.
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Alexey Yagudin did not ignore his coach either. He published a childhood photograph of Tatyana Anatolyevna with her parents and wrote a heartfelt congratulation.
“On February 13, 1947, the daughter of the most famous Soviet hockey coach was born, who was able to overcome the fear of most “great people” and achieve enormous success in the coaching field, but only in figure skating (7 Olympic medals in 3 out of 4 possible disciplines, and world champions and medalists and Europe cannot be considered that way at all), and later in his oratory skills, becoming one of the most interesting, emotional, cheerful, reasonable and fair sports commentators in the world. Happy birthday!" — Yagudin wrote on Instagram.
Tarasova's students include many Olympic champions, including: Ilya Kulik, Alexey Yagudin, Oksana Grischuk and Evgeny Platov, Natalya Bestemyanova and Andrey Bukin.
Little Tatyana Tarasova with her parents
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Evgenia Tarasova now
At the 2020 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Evgenia and Vladimir competed as part of a team of Olympic athletes from Russia. This was the first Olympics for both athletes. In the individual championship, having good chances of winning or at least winning places, due to an unfortunate mistake the couple found themselves outside the podium, taking 4th position.
However, in the team competition, together with Russian figure skaters Mikhail Kolyada, Evgenia Medvedeva, Alina Zagitova, Natalya Zabiyako and Alexander Enbert, Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov, the guys received a silver medal.
Tarasova Evgenia Maksimovna
Russian figure skater performing in pair skating. Honored Master of Sports. Silver medalist at the 2020 Olympic Games in team performances. Silver medalist of the World Championship. Two-time European champion. Champion of the Russian Federation. Winner of the Grand Prix Final. Bronze and silver medalist of the European Championship. Silver medalist at the Universiade in Italy.
Evgenia Tarasova was born on December 17, 1994 in the city of Kazan. At the age of four, the girl began figure skating. Her first coach was Gennady Tarasov, after his death she trained with Vyacheslav Golovlev. She was one of the most successful single skaters in Tatarstan. Member of the Russian junior team.
In 2008, she took part in the junior Grand Prix tournament in Belarus, where she came fourth. The following year she took part in the Russian championship among single skaters and took twelfth place. After leaving single skating in 2010, she moved to the pair skating group and decided to move to Moscow.
In the same year, she teamed up with Yegor Chudin. The couple trained under the guidance of Andrei Hekalo and since 2011, the skaters have joined the Russian national team. At the end of the year, Chudin decided to focus on working in ice shows and the couple broke up. In the spring of 2012, Tarasova teamed up with Vladimir Morozov. This time the couple worked for the former Ukrainian figure skater Stanislav Morozov and soon found themselves again on the Russian national team. In the 2013 season, the couple won the Warsaw Cup and participated in the youth and adult Russian championships, where they finished second and fifth, respectively.
At the Youth World Championships in 2013, the couple finished in fifth place. Then they competed in the final of the Junior Grand Prix and stopped one step away from the podium. After this, the couple was included in the Russian national team for the Winter Universiade in Italy. The athletes performed well, improving all their indicators and taking second place. The Russian Championship turned out to be unsuccessful for the couple. A month later they competed at the Russian junior championship and won it. Then we went to the Junior World Championships in Bulgaria, where we managed to win silver.
In the fall of 2014, Andrei Hekalo and five-time world champion, former German figure skater Robin Szolkowy, began working with the couple again. At the very first competitions under their leadership in the new season, the couple improved all their achievements. A month later, the couple made a successful debut at the adult Grand Prix in Canada, where they took third place. Next, the couple performed at the Russian Grand Prix stage, where after the short program they came second, again improving their athletic performance.
At the Russian Championships in 2014, the couple was in third place after the short program. The athletes skated their free program superbly and ended up as vice-champions based on the sum of places. This contributed to their inclusion in the national team for the European Championship in Stockholm. After the short program, the couple was in fifth place, but, having successfully performed the free program, they eventually moved to third place. At the World Championships in Shanghai, the debutants took sixth place, improving all their previous sporting achievements.
The couple started the new 2020 season at the Nepela Memorial tournament, where they took third place. At the same time, they were in the lead after the short program. At the end of October, the couple competed at the Skate Canada Grand Prix series, finishing second. Next, Evgenia performed at the Trophee Bompard Grand Prix stage, however, after short programs, the competition was canceled for security reasons, since at that time a series of terrorist attacks occurred in the French capital.
The skaters did not qualify for the European Championships in Bratislava and were only reserves. However, the two best Russian pairs were unable to go to the tournament due to injuries, and the skaters went to the continental championship, repeating last year’s achievement and winning bronze. At the world championships in Boston in early April, the Russian pair managed to take fifth place and improved their athletic achievements in the short program and total.
The couple began the 2020 pre-Olympic season in Slovakia at the Nepela Memorial, which they confidently won. In mid-October, Russian skaters competed at the Grand Prix stage in Chicago, where they took third place at the America's Cup. In mid-November, the skaters performed at the Grand Prix stage in Paris, where they finished in second place at the Trophee de France tournament, while surpassing their previous achievements in the short program and total. This allowed them to reach the Grand Prix final for the first time, held in Marseille.
In the final, Evgenia and Vladimir became champions, improving all their previous achievements. At the end of December, the skaters competed in Chelyabinsk at the Russian Championship, where they lost the gold medal in a bitter struggle. At the end of January, the couple, in a bitter struggle at the European Championships in Ostrava, became champions for the first time, while the Russians improved all their previous achievements.
At the 2020 national championship in St. Petersburg, the couple, in a bitter struggle, became champions for the first time. In Moscow, at the Continental Championship in mid-January, Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov won gold medals for the second time in a row.
At the 2020 Olympic Games in Korea, Evgeniya won a silver medal in the team competition. The skaters won the short program, but were replaced in the free program. In individual competitions among sports pairs, Tarasova and Morozov took fourth place and surpassed their previous achievements in the short program. At the World Championships that year in Milan, the couple won silver medals.
Further, at the European Figure Skating Championships in Minsk on January 24, 2020, the Tarasova-Morozov pair won silver medals, losing to the French pair James and Cipres.
On October 26, 2019, figure skaters Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov took third place in the pairs competition at the Skate Canada tournament, the second stage of the Grand Prix series in Kelowna, Canada. The athletes, based on the sum of the two programs, scored 202.29 points. Russians Alexandra Boykova and Dmitry Kozlovsky took first place with 216.71 points, Canadians came second.
At the fifth stage of the Rostelecom Cup Figure Skating Grand Prix on November 16, 2020 in Moscow, Evgenia Tarasova, paired with Vladimir Morozov, won silver medals, receiving 216.77 points for their skating performance. The Russian couple Alexandra Boykova and Dmitry Kozlovsky celebrated victory at the stage and progressed to the Grand Prix final with a score of 229.48 points. The top three were completed by German skaters Minerva Hase and Nolan Siegert.
In Krasnoyarsk on December 28, 2020, in the pairs competition at the Russian Figure Skating Championship, Alexandra Boykova and Dmitry Kozlovsky took first place. The athletes scored 233.66 points in the sum of the two programs: 80.39 points in the short program and 153.27 points in the free program. Second place went to Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, who had previously shown a result at the tournament in the short program higher than the world record (233.19; 83.91 + 149.28), third place went to Daria Pavlyuchenko and Denis Khodykin (219.72; 76.13 + 143.59).
At the European Championships in the Austrian city of Graz on January 22, 2020, Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov took third place in the short program of sports pairs, with a score of 73.50 points. Alexandra Boykova and Dmitry Kozlovsky won with a new world record, receiving 82.34 points. The second place was taken by Daria Pavlyuchenko and Denis Khodykin - 74.92 points.
In Graz, Austria, on January 24, 2020, Russian sports pairs took the entire podium at the European Figure Skating Championships. 18-year-old Alexandra Boykova and 20-year-old Dmitry Kozlovsky became European champions for the first time in their careers. The athletes scored 234.58 points. In second place are Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov: 208.64 points. Figure skaters Daria Pavlyuchenko and Denis Khodykin scored a total of 206.53 points and became third.
Awards for Evgenia Tarasova
Awards for Evgenia Tarasova
Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Honored Master of Sports of Russia
Awards and Sports achievements of Evgenia Tarasova
Awards and Sports achievements of Evgenia Tarasova
Gold medalist of the Russian Junior Championship 2014 Gold medalist of the Russian Championship 2020 Gold medalist of the tournament Golden Skate of Zagreb 2020 Gold medalist of the Warsaw Cup 2013 Gold medalist of the Ondrej Nepela Memorial 2020 Gold medalist of the Nebelhorn Trophy 2018 Gold medalist of the Finlandia Trophy 2020 Gold medalist of the Grand Prix Stage: Skate America 2 020 Gold medalist of the Grand Prix Stage: Cup of Russia 2017, 2020 Gold medalist of the Grand Prix Final 2020 European Champion 2020, 2018 Silver medalist of the Olympic Games in Korea 2020 Silver medalist of the European Championship in Minsk 2020 Silver medalist of the European Championship in Graz 2020
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