Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova is a Russia

Russia

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n figure skating

Figure skating

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 coach

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 and national figure skating team adviser. Tarasova has been coach to more world and Olympic champions than any other coach in skating history. As of 2003, her students have won a total of 41 gold medals at the European

European Figure Skating Championships

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 and World

World Figure Skating Championships

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 championships. As of 2010, her students have won a combined total of 7 Olympic

Olympic Games

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 gold medals in three of the four Olympic figure skating disciplines.