Evgenia Tarasova

Evgenia Tarasova
Personal information
Native name Евгения Максимовна Тарасова
Full name Evgenia Maximovna Tarasova
Country represented Russia
Born (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994
Kazan, Russia
Home town Moscow, Russia
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Partner Vladimir Morozov
Former partner Egor Chudin
Coach Andrei Hekalo, Robin Szolkowy, Arina Ushakova
Former coach Stanislav Morozov
Choreographer Alla Kapranova, Giuseppe Arena
Former choreographer Maxim Trankov, Nikolai Morozov
Skating club Vorobievie Gory
Training locations Moscow
Began skating 1998
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 206.27
2016 Worlds
Short program 73.06
2015 Golden Spin
Free skate 134.27
2016 Worlds
Medal record
Competitor for  Russia
Figure skating: Pairs
European Championships
2015 Stockholm Pairs
2016 Bratislava Pairs
Winter Universiade
2013 Trentino Pairs
World Junior Championships
2014 Sofia Pairs

Evgenia Maximovna Tarasova (Russian: Евгения Максимовна Тарасова; born 17 December 1994) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Vladimir Morozov, she is a two-time European bronze medalist (2015, 2016), 2013 Winter Universiade silver medalist, and 2015 Russian national silver medalist. On the junior level, they are the 2014 World Junior silver medalists and the 2014 Russian national junior champions.

Personal life

Evgenia Maximovna Tarasova was born on 17 December 1994 in Kazan, Russia.[1] She moved to Moscow in her teens.[2]

Career

Early career

Early in her career, Tarasova trained in Kazan and competed in single skating. She appeared at one ISU Junior Grand Prix event, placing fourth in Belarus in 2008. She competed in singles through the 2009–10 season.[3]

After deciding to switch to pair skating, which she enjoyed watching, Tarasova began training in Nina Mozer's school in Moscow.[2] She competed two seasons on the senior level partnered with Egor Chudin. Tarasova/Chudin won bronze at the 2011 Mont Blanc Trophy, placed 5th at the 2011 Ice Challenge and 8th at the 2012 Coupe de Nice.[4] They parted ways following the 2011–12 season.

Partnership with Morozov

At the suggestion of Nina Mozer,[5] Tarasova teamed up with Vladimir Morozov in spring 2012. The pair's main coach was Stanislav Morozov.[2] Vladimir Morozov broke his foot one week into the new partnership and was out for three months.[2] The pair made their debut at a Junior Grand Prix event in Croatia where they finished 5th. They withdrew from their next assignment in Germany. Tarasova/Morozov won their first senior international title at the 2012 Warsaw Cup. At the Russian Championships, they placed fifth on the senior level and then won the silver medal on the junior level. The pair finished fifth at the 2013 Junior World Championships.

In 2013–14, Tarasova/Morozov won silver in Latvia and bronze in Estonia on the JGP series. They qualified for the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where they finished fourth in both segments and overall. The pair won the silver medal at the 2013 Winter Universiade behind teammates Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov. At the 2014 Russian Championships, Tarasova/Morozov finished eighth after placing third in the short program and tenth in the free skate. He fell on both of their jumping passes and she was hurt when a lift collapsed near the end of their free program but was able to resume and complete the final element, a pair spin.[6] Tarasova was taken to the hospital and found to have no serious injury.[7] After winning the national junior title a month later, the pair was assigned to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. They won the silver medal after placing second in both segments and finishing 5.57 points behind China's Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang.

After parting ways with Stanislav Morozov in the off-season, Tarasova/Morozov turned to Andrei Hekalo, who had worked with them in the past, and Robin Szolkowy, who joined them in September 2014.[2] The pair began the 2014–15 season by taking silver at a Challenger Series event, the 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy. They were assigned to two Grand Prix events, the 2014 Skate Canada International and 2014 Rostelecom Cup.[8] Earning bronze and silver, respectively, Tarasova/Morozov were seventh in the Grand Prix standing, leaving them as first alternates to the Grand Prix Final.[9] Tarasova/Morozov finished second at the 2015 Russian Championships ahead of Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov, they went to compete after at the 2015 European Figure Skating Championships earning them the bronze. At the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, Tarasova/Morozov finished 6th overall with a personal best total score of 198.46 points.

In 2015-16 Season, Tarasova/Morozov began their season competing in an ISU Challenger Series at the 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy taking the bronze medal. For their ISU Grand Prix events, they were assigned at the 2015 Skate Canada International were they won the silver . At the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, they placed 7th in the short program, however they were unable to complete the free skate due to the cancellation of the competition at Trophée Bompard following the November 2015 Paris attacks, the short program standings were accepted as final result. In December 4–6, Tarasova/Morozov competed in Challenger Series at the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb and won the gold medal and also became the 2015-16 ISU Challenger Series runners-up. On December 24–27, Tarasova and Morozov won the bronze medal at the 2016 Russian Championships after placing third in the short program and free skate. On January 27-30, Tarasova / Morozov repeated as bronze medalists at the 2016 European Championships scoring a total of 197.55 points.

Programs

With Morozov

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–2016
[10]
2014–2015
[2][11]
2013–2014
[12]
  • How Invigorating are the Evenings in Russia
    by Belyi Orel
2012–2013
[13]
  • Liquidation
    soundtrack by ?
  • Phantom of the Opera on Ice
    by Roberto Danova
  • Phantom of the Opera on Ice
    by Roberto Danova

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Morozov

International[14]
Event 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Worlds 6th 5th
Europeans 3rd 3rd
GP Bompard 7th SP
GP Rostelecom Cup 2nd
GP Skate Canada 3rd 2nd
CS Golden Spin 1st
CS Nebelhorn 2nd
CS Nepela Trophy 3rd
Universiade 2nd
NRW Trophy 4th
Warsaw Cup 1st
International: Junior[14]
Junior Worlds 5th 2nd
JGP Final 4th
JGP Croatia 5th
JGP Estonia 3rd
JGP Germany WD
JGP Latvia 2nd
National[3]
Russian Champ. 5th 8th 2nd 3rd
Russian Junior 2nd 1st
TBD: Assigned; WD: Withdrew

With Chudin

International[15]
Event 2010–11 2011–12
Ice Challenge 5th
International Cup of Nice 8th
Mont Blanc Trophy 3rd

Single skating

International[16]
Event 2007–08 2008–09
JGP Belarus 4th
National[3]
Russian Champ. 12th
Russian Junior Champ. 7th 8th

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.

With Morozov

2015–16 season
Date Event SP FS Total
28 March – 3 April 2016 2016 World Championships 6
72.00		 5
134.27		 5
206.27
26–31 January 2016 2016 European Championships 3
70.17		 2
127.38		 3
197.55
23–27 December 2015 2016 Russian Championships 3
77.21		 3
140.31		 3
217.52
2–5 December 2015 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 1
73.06		 2
119.16		 1
192.22
13–15 November 2015 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard 7
62.32		 Cancelled 7
62.32
30 October–1 November 2015 2015 Skate Canada International 2
64.00		 2
127.19		 2
191.19
1–3 October 2015 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 1
66.94		 3
117.34		 3
184.28
2014–15 season
Date Event SP FS Total
23–29 March 2015 2015 World Championships 6
67.71		 5
130.75		 6
198.46
26 January – 1 February 2015 2015 European Championships 5
57.13		 3
125.89		 3
183.02
24–28 December 2014 2015 Russian Championships 3
70.29		 1
137.94		 2
208.23
14–15 November 2014 2014 Rostelecom Cup 2
67.28		 5
106.50		 2
173.78
31 October – 2 November 2014 2014 Skate Canada 3
64.14		 3
111.31		 3
175.45
25–27 September 2014 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 2
65.74		 2
113.24		 2
178.98
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
10–16 March 2014 2014 World Junior Championships Junior 2
59.46		 2
108.74		 2
168.20
23–25 January 2014 2014 Russian Junior Championships Junior 1
66.06		 1
120.25		 1
186.31
24–27 December 2013 2014 Russian Championships Senior 3
69.72		 10
99.34		 8
169.06
11–15 December 2013 2013 Winter Universiade Senior 2
64.87		 2
112.05		 2
176.92
5–6 December 2013 2013–14 JGP Final Junior 4
54.91		 4
97.10		 4
152.01
10–12 October 2013 2013 JGP Estonia Junior 3
57.99		 3
98.70		 3
156.69
29–30 August 2013 2013 JGP Latvia Junior 2
52.96		 1
104.86		 2
157.82
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
1–2 March 2013 2013 World Junior Championships Junior 4
52.25		 6
96.49		 5
148.74
2–3 February 2013 2013 Russian Junior Championships Junior 1
60.23		 3
111.24		 2
171.47
25–28 December 2012 2013 Russian Championships Senior 8
52.93		 5
111.36		 5
164.29

References

  1. ↑ Тарасова Евгения Максимовна [Evgenia Maximovna Tarasova] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 26 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Flade, Tatjana (24 October 2014). "Tarasova and Morozov looking to make impact". Golden Skate.
  3. 1 2 3 Тарасова Евгения Максимовна [Evgenia Maximovna Tarasova] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
  4. ↑ "Evgenia TARASOVA / Egor CHUDIN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012.
  5. ↑ Vorobieva, Maria (14 May 2013). Евгения Тарасова и Владимир Морозов: мы даже попытаемся вмешаться в борьбу за олимпийские путёвки на Игры в Сочи [Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov: We will try to fight for a berth to the Olympic Games]. team-russia2014.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 10 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Russian Nationals". Figure Skating Online. 26 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Ermolina, Olga (27 December 2013). Ярослав Бугаев: «У Жени серьезных повреждений нет. Только ушиб мягких тканей» [Yaroslav Bugaev: "Evgenia has no serious injury."] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "2014-15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Pairs" (PDF). 23 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/2015 - Pairs". ISU.
  10. ↑ Фигуристы группы Нины Мозер показали новые программы [Nina Moser's skaters group showed the new programs] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. 12 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013.
  14. 1 2 "Competition Results: Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV". International Skating Union.
  15. ↑ "Competition Results: Evgenia TARASOVA / Egor CHUDIN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013.
  16. ↑ "Competition Results: Evgania TARASOVA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014.

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