Tara Prasad | |
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![]() Prasad at the 2021 Cup of Austria | |
Born | Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States | 24 February 2000
Hometown | Chennai, India Colorado Springs, United States |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | ![]() ![]() |
Discipline | Women's singles |
Coach | Stephanie Kuban Tom Zakrajsek Ryan Jahnke Rebecca Bradley |
Skating club | Ice Skating Association of Tamil Nadu |
Began skating | 2007 |
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, 2025). She has competed in the final segments of the 2022 and 2023 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. [1]
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]
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 the 2022 Four Continents Championships, where she finished 20th. [2] [12] She had a delayed beginning to her 2022—2023 season, as she suffered two ankle sprains and a back injury, which prevented her from training for four months. However, she was able to compete at the 2023 Four Continents Championships, where she finished in fourteenth place. [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] She withdrew from the 2024 Four Continents Championships due to health problems caused by low blood pressure. [15]
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2024–2025 [16] |
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2023–2024 [17] |
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2022–2023 [12] |
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2021–2022 [18] |
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International [19] | |||||
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Event | 19–20 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24–25 |
Four Continents | 20th | 14th | |||
CS Cup of Austria | 29th | ||||
CS Finlandia | 22nd | ||||
CS Nebelhorn | 30th | ||||
CS Tallinn Trophy | 7th | ||||
CS Trophée Métropole Nice | 22nd | ||||
CS Warsaw Cup | WD | ||||
Asian Games | 8th | ||||
Bavarian Open | 6th | ||||
Bellu Memorial | WD | ||||
Cranberry Cup | 18th | 9th | 12th | ||
Dragon Trophy | 5th | ||||
Mentor Toruń Cup | WD | ||||
Merano Cup | 4th | ||||
Philadelphia | 7th | ||||
Reykjavík Int. Games | 2nd | ||||
Skate Celje | 2nd | ||||
Sofia Trophy | 9th | ||||
U.S. Classic | 8th | ||||
Volvo Open Cup | 4th | ||||
National [19] | |||||
Indian Champs. | 1st | 1st | 1st |
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 133.15 | 2023 Four Continents Championships |
Short program | TSS | 46.04 | 2023 Four Continents Championships |
TES | 24.45 | 2023 Four Continents Championships | |
PCS | 22.92 | 2021 CS Cup of Austria | |
Free skating | TSS | 87.11 | 2023 Four Continents Championships |
TES | 45.63 | 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | |
PCS | 45.40 | 2023 Four Continents Championships | |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Jan 7–12, 2020 | ![]() | 16 | 28.27 | – | – | – | WD |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 11–15, 2021 | ![]() | 14 | 46.47 | 19 | 77.64 | 18 | 124.11 |
Sep 15–18, 2021 | ![]() | 9 | 44.66 | 8 | 84.53 | 8 | 129.19 |
Sep 21–25, 2021 | ![]() | 34 | 37.51 | 24 | 84.76 | 30 | 122.27 |
Nov 11–14, 2021 | ![]() | 26 | 44.44 | 30 | 66.14 | 29 | 110.58 |
Jan 17–22, 2022 | ![]() | 20 | 43.31 | 19 | 84.62 | 20 | 127.93 |
Feb 4–6, 2022 | ![]() | 14 | 50.08 | 4 | 84.31 | 4 | 134.39 |
Feb 10–13, 2022 | ![]() | 6 | 52.54 | 2 | 103.42 | 5 | 155.66 |
Feb 24–27, 2022 | ![]() | 9 | 45.86 | – | – | – | WD |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 3–7, 2022 | ![]() | 7 | 45.60 | 6 | 80.94 | 7 | 126.54 |
Aug 10–14, 2022 | ![]() | 10 | 46.12 | 8 | 87.43 | 9 | 133.35 |
Oct 5–9, 2022 | ![]() | 19 | 44.26 | 22 | 78.49 | 22 | 122.75 |
Jan 31–Feb 5, 2023 | ![]() | 6 | 47.20 | 6 | 85.70 | 6 | 132.90 |
Feb 7–12, 2023 | ![]() | 14 | 46.04 | 14 | 87.11 | 14 | 133.15 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 10–14, 2023 | ![]() | 15 | 43.11 | 11 | 84.17 | 12 | 127.28 |
Nov 16–19, 2023 | ![]() | 27 | 42.31 | – | – | – | WD |
Nov 21–24, 2023 | ![]() | 8 | 48.24 | 6 | 88.34 | 7 | 136.58 |
Jan 26–28, 2024 | ![]() | 1 | 45.98 | 3 | 77.92 | 2 | 123.90 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Oct 16–20, 2024 | ![]() | 19 | 42.74 | 22 | 74.70 | 22 | 117.44 |
Nov 14–17, 2024 | ![]() | 1 | 52.76 | 4 | 92.48 | 2 | 145.24 |
Jan 7–12, 2025 | ![]() | 12 | 48.55 | 9 | 93.64 | 9 | 142.19 |
Jan 16–19, 2025 | ![]() | 4 | 47.58 | 4 | 95.15 | 4 | 142.73 |
Feb 11–13, 2025 | ![]() | 8 | 49.17 | 7 | 99.17 | 8 | 148.34 |
Feb 19–23, 2025 | ![]() | 17 | 47.39 | ||||