Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova (born February 13, 1947) is a Russian figure skating coach who has coached more world and Olympic champions than any other coach in the world. As of 2003, her students won 41 golden medals at the Europe and world championships. As of 2005, her students have won a combined 8 Olympic gold medals in three Olympic disciplines out of four. February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... // Original meaning and etymology The original meaning of the term coach was: a horse-drawn vehicle designed for the conveyance of more than one passenger — and of mail — and covered for protection from the elements. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Tatiana was the daughter of Anatoly Tarasov, often cited as the greatest hockey coach in the history of the game. Her father introduced her to figure skating at the age of 5. After suffering a career-ending injury, she had to quit skating. She was just 18 at the time. A year later, due to her father's insistence, she started coaching herself. Her students included Irina Rodnina, Alexei Yagudin, Ilia Kulik, Natalia Bestemianova, Marina Klimova, Sasha Cohen, Johnny Weir, Shizuka Arakawa, Oksana Grishuk, Shae-Lynn Bourne, and Barbara Fusar-Poli. Anatoli Vladimirovitch Tarasov (December 10, 1918 - June 23, 1995, both in Moscow) was a ice hockey coach from the Soviet Union. ... Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina (born September 12, 1949, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet figure skater. ... Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin (born March 18, 1980 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is an Olympic Champion (2002), a four-time World Champion and a three-time European Champion in figure skating. ... Ilia Alexandrovich Kulik (born May 23, 1977 in Moscow, Russia) is an Olympic figure skating champion. ... Natalia Bestemianova (born 1961) was a Soviet figure skater. ... Marina Klimova (born June 28th, 1966) is a Russian figure skater in Ice dancing. ... This article is about Sasha Cohen, a figure skater. ... John G. Johnny Weir (born July 2, 1984 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania) is an American figure skater. ... Shizuka Arakawa (荒川 静香 Arakawa Shizuka, born December 29, 1981) is a figure skater who won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Ladies Singles in Turin, Italy on February 23, 2006, and the 2004 World Figure Skating Championship. ... Oksana (Pasha) Grishuk (born March 17, 1972 in Odessa, Ukraine) is a Russian figure skater who won two Olympic gold medals and four world championships in ice dancing with Evgeny Platov. ... Shae-Lynn Bourne with Victor Kraatz Shae-Lynn Bourne (born January 24, 1976 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian ice dancer. ... Barbara Fusar-Poli (born February 6, 1972) is an Italian ice dancer. ...

For more than 25 years, Tarasova has been married to Vladimir Krainev, a world-class pianist who resides in Hanover. In the mid-1990s, she launched a hugely successful ice ballet show (Russian All-Stars). Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Hanover (German: Hannover []), on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ...

External links

• Tatiana Tarasova's official site