Tatyana Tarasova was forced to end her skating career at the age of 19 due to an absurdly received injury. However, this did not stop her from raising a whole galaxy of figure skating stars, acting as a coach.
Tatyana Anatolyevna Tarasova was born on February 13, 1947 in Moscow in the family of the famous hockey coach Anatoly Tarasov, who put the girl on skates at the age of four. The father was picky about the girl, personally followed the training, not allowing her to show weakness or laziness. He instilled in her a love of ice, seeing great potential in little Tanya. Tatyana Anatolyevna's mother, Nina Grigorievna, a physical education teacher, also supported the children's hobby for sports. After all, Tanya was the youngest of two daughters in the Tarasov family. Little is known about Tatyana Anatolyevna's older sister. She did not connect her life with professional sports, devoting herself to teaching.
Meanwhile, Tatiana Tarasova was making serious progress in figure skating. In the period from 1964 to 1966, together with Georgy Proskurin, they became bronze and then silver medalists of the USSR figure skating championship. And in 1966, at the Winter Universiade, they managed to win gold. However, the injury she received at the age of 19 was incompatible with the continuation of her professional activity as a figure skater and Tatyana Anatolyevna decides to try herself as a coach.
A tough, demanding, but dedicated and talented coach, she has managed to nurture athletes capable of winning the most prestigious awards in the world of figure skating. In the piggy bank of Tatyana Anatolyevna's pupils are 41 gold medals of the World and European Championships and gold medals of the Olympic Games won in different years by I. Rodnina and A. Zaitsev (1976, 1980), N. Bestemyanova and A. Bukin (1988.), M. Klimova and S. Ponomarenko (1992), I. Kulik (1998), O. Grishchuk and E. Platov (1998), A. Yagudin (2002).
The creative potential of Tatyana Anatolyevna is reflected in the All Stars ice theater, created together with Elena Chaika in the mid-80s. The theater existed for 14 years and traveled around the world with a cast of famous figure skaters.
In the 90s, when a difficult situation was developing in the country and people began to forget about sports, Tarasova decides to continue coaching abroad. During these years, the coach worked with such athletes as Sasha Cohen, Denis Ten, Johnny Weir, Shizuka Arakawa. Only in 2005, she returned to Russia, agreeing to take part in the projects "Stars on Ice" and "Ice Age", leading the jury of these shows.
Being a brilliant trainer, Tatyana Anatolyevna is the owner of a number of awards and titles, including such as Honored Trainer of the RSFSR, Honored Trainer of the USSR, Orders of the Red Banner of Labor and “For Services to the Fatherland” of the fourth degree.
The personal life of Tatyana Tarasova was not easy. The first marriage with actor Alexei Samoilov lasted two years. The unwillingness to sacrifice their work for the sake of personal life led to the disintegration of the family. The second marriage with athlete Vasily Khomenkov to Tanya Tarasova happened out of great love. But the death of Vasily at the age of 29 did not allow family happiness to happen. She grieved the loss hard, finding salvation in constant work. Once, while visiting a friend, Tatyana Anatolyevna met Vladimir Krainev, already a well-known pianist by that time. The 35-year-old musician was as passionate about his work as she was. They easily found a common language, were sympathetic to the need for constant travel and they always had something to talk about. And on March 2, 1979, during a short meeting, Tatyana and Vladimir registered their marriage.
Tatyana Anatolyevna lived in a happy marriage with Vladimir Vsevolodovich for 33 years. They also had jointly created musical compositions, which she used in the production of numbers. But it all ended in May 2011, when the news of his sudden death came from Hanover, where Vladimir Krainev taught at the conservatory. And again Tatyana Anatolyevna was looking for strength to survive this loss in work.
None of her marriage led to the birth of children. She put it off until later, and then it was too late. Therefore, Tatyana Anatolyevna considers her pupils to be children whom she did not happen, supports and takes care of them like a mother. And he also loves his nephew and his three children and considers them his own.
