Tara Prasad

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Tara Prasad
Tara Prasad 2021 Cup of Austria.jpg
Prasad at the 2021 Cup of Austria
Born (2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 24)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
Hometown Chennai, India
Colorado Springs, United States
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of India.svg  India (since 2020)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States (until 2016)
Discipline Women's singles
CoachStephanie Kuban
Tom Zakrajsek
Ryan Jahnke
Rebecca Bradley
Skating clubIce Skating Association of Tamil Nadu
Began skating2007

Tara Prasad (born 24 February 2000) is an Indian-American figure skater who represents India in women's singles skating. She is the 2024 Reykjavik International silver medalist, 2024 Skate Celje silver medalist, and a three-time Indian national champion (2022, 2023, 2024). She has competed in the final segments of the 2022 and 2023 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. [1]

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Personal life

Prasad was born on 24 February 2000 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Indian immigrants from Tamil Nadu. Her mother, Kavita Ramaswamy, was a national champion in hurdling for India in her teens. Except for her father Sai Prasad, who lives with her in the United States, Prasad's family lives in Chennai, India. [2] Prasad splits her time between the two countries and has held Indian citizenship since 2019. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Prasad's figure skating inspirations include 2010 Olympic champion Kim Yu-na, 2018 Olympic champion Aljona Savchenko, 2015 World champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, and fellow Indian-American skater Ami Parekh. [5] [7]

She enjoys hiking, rock climbing, art, choreography and driving cars. [4]

Career

Prasad began learning how to skate at age seven in Cedar Rapids. She competed domestically for the United States as a child at the juvenile through the novice levels until 2016. [8] [9] She made her senior international debut for India in 2020 at the Mentor Toruń Cup. [10] [11]

She competed at both the 2022 and 2023 Four Continents Championships, finishing twentieth and fourteenth, respectively. [2] [12] [13]

In January 2024, Prasad placed first in the short program and third in the free skate segments of the 2024 Reykjavik International Games and received the silver medal, thereby becoming India's first medalist in a senior international figure skating competition. [14]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
[15]
2023–2024
[16]
2022–2023
[12]
2021–2022
[17]

Competitive highlights

International [18]
Event 19–20 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
Four Continents 20th14th
CS Cup of Austria 29th
CS Finlandia 22nd
CS Nebelhorn 30th
CS Tallinn Trophy 7th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice 22nd
CS Warsaw Cup WD
Bavarian Open 6th
Bellu MemorialWD
Cranberry Cup 18th9th12th
Dragon Trophy 5th
Mentor Toruń Cup WD
Merano Cup 4th
Philadelphia 7th
Reykjavík Int. Games 2nd
Skate Celje 2nd
U.S. Classic 8th
National [18]
Indian Champs. 1st1st1st

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [11]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS133.15 2023 Four Continents Championships
Short program TSS46.042023 Four Continents Championships
TES24.452023 Four Continents Championships
PCS22.92 2021 CS Cup of Austria
Free skating TSS87.112023 Four Continents Championships
TES45.63 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
PCS45.402023 Four Continents Championships

Senior level

Results in the 2019-20 season [11]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Jan 7-12, 2020 Flag of Poland.svg 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup 1628.27WD
Results in the 2021-22 season [11]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 11-15, 2021 Flag of the United States.svg 2021 Cranberry Cup International 1446.471977.6418124.11
Sep 15-18, 2021 Flag of the United States.svg 2021 U.S. Figure Skating Classic 944.66884.538129.19
Sep 21-25, 2021 Flag of Germany.svg 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3437.512484.7630122.27
Nov 11-14, 2021 Flag of Austria.svg 2021 CS Cup of Austria 2644.443066.1429110.58
Jan 17-22, 2022 Flag of Estonia.svg 2022 Four Continents Championships 2043.311984.6220127.93
Feb 4-6, 2022 Flag of Italy.svg 2022 Merano Cup 1450.08484.314134.39
Feb 10-13, 2022 Flag of Slovenia.svg 2022 Dragon Trophy 652.542103.425155.66
Feb 24-27, 2022 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 2022 Bellu Memorial 945.86WD
Results in the 2022-23 season [11]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 3-7, 2022 Flag of the United States.svg 2022 Philadelphia Summer International 745.60680.947126.54
Aug 10-14, 2022 Flag of Germany.svg 2022 Cranberry Cup International 1046.12887.439133.35
Oct 5-9, 2022 Flag of Finland.svg 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 1944.262278.4922122.75
Jan 31-Feb 5, 2023 Flag of the United States.svg 2023 Bavarian Open 647.20685.706132.90
Feb 7-12, 2023 Flag of the United States.svg 2023 Four Continents Championships 1446.041487.1114133.15
Results in the 2023-24 season [11]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 10-14, 2023 Flag of the United States.svg 2023 Cranberry Cup International 1543.111184.1712127.28
Nov 16-19, 2023 Flag of Poland.svg 2024 CS Warsaw Cup 2742.31WD
Nov 21-24, 2023 Flag of Estonia.svg 2023 Tallinn Trophy 848.24688.347136.58
Jan 26-28, 2024 Flag of Iceland.svg 2024 Reykjavik International Games 145.98377.922123.90
Results in the 2024–25 season [11]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Oct 16–20, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 1942.742274.7022117.44
Nov 14-17, 2024 Flag of Slovakia.svg 2024 Skate Celje 152.76492.482145.24

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