Tara Prasad
{{Short description|American-born Indian figure skater (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox figure skater
| name = Tara Prasad
| image= Tara Prasad 2021 Cup of Austria.jpg
| caption = Prasad at the 2021 Cup of Austria
| fullname =
| altname=
| country = {{IND}} (since 2020)
{{USA}} (until 2016)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|2|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
| hometown = Chennai, India
Colorado Springs, United States
| height = {{height|m=1.70}}
| coach = Stephanie Kuban
Tom Zakrajsek
Ryan Jahnke
Rebecca Bradley
Laureano Ibarra
| skating club = Ice Skating Association of Tamil Nadu
| beganskating = 2007
| retired =
| discipline = Women's singles
}}
Tara Prasad (born 24 February 2000) is an American-born Indian figure skater who competes 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, 2023 and 2025 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.
Born in the United States, she competed for the U.S. in the regionals before representing India internationally.
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. Prasad splits her time between the two countries and has held Indian citizenship since 2019.{{cite web |title=Quarterly Publication of Individuals, Who Have Chosen To Expatriate, as Required by Section 6039G |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/15/2019-17498/quarterly-publication-of-individuals-who-have-chosen-to-expatriate-as-required-by-section-6039g |website=Federal Register |access-date=January 9, 2023 |date=August 15, 2019 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803130320/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/15/2019-17498/quarterly-publication-of-individuals-who-have-chosen-to-expatriate-as-required-by-section-6039g |url-status=live }}
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.
She enjoys hiking, rock climbing, art, choreography and driving cars.
Career
= Early career =
= 2019–2020 season =
She made her senior international debut for India in 2020 at the Mentor Toruń Cup.{{cite web |title=2020 Mentor Torun Cup- {{as written|Women|s [sic]}} Final Results |url=https://skatingscores.com/1920/torcup/sr/women/results/ |website=Skating Scores |access-date=12 June 2022 |archive-date=31 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331170220/https://skatingscores.com/1920/torcup/sr/women/results/ |url-status=live }}
= 2022–2023 season =
She competed at the 2022 Four Continents Championships, where she finished 20th. 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.
= 2023–2024 season =
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.{{cite news |title=Júlía fyrst íslenskra listskautara til að vinna gull á alþjóðlegu móti |url=https://www.ruv.is/frettir/ithrottir/2024-01-28-julia-fyrst-islenskra-listskautara-til-ad-vinna-gull-a-althjodlegu-moti-403591 |date=29 January 2024 |work=RÚV |language=is |access-date=31 January 2024 }} She withdrew from the 2024 Four Continents Championships due to health problems caused by low blood pressure.{{cite tweet |number=1751873555191431641 |user=AnythingGOE |title=🇮🇳 Tara Prasad’s withdrawal is due to continued problems of dizziness and blacking out. |date=January 29, 2024}}
= 2024–2025 season =
After winning her third national title at the 2025 Indian Championships, Prasad went on to finish sixteenth at the 2025 Four Continents Championships.
Programs
Competitive highlights
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||
| colspan="6" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | International | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event
! 19–20 ! 21–22 ! 22–23 ! 23–24 ! 24–25 | |||||
| align=left | Four Continents | 20th | 14th | 16th | ||
| align=left | {{small|CS}} Cup of Austria | 29th | ||||
| align=left | {{small|CS}} Finlandia | 22nd | ||||
| align=left | {{small|CS}} Nebelhorn | 30th | ||||
| align="left" | {{small|CS}} Tallinn Trophy | 7th | ||||
| align="left" | {{small|CS}} Trophée Métropole Nice | 22nd | ||||
| align=left | {{small|CS}} Warsaw Cup | WD | ||||
| align=left | Asian Games | 8th | ||||
| align="left" | Bavarian Open | 6th | ||||
| align=left | Bellu Memorial | WD | ||||
| align="left" | Cranberry Cup | 18th | 9th | 12th | ||
| align="left" | Dragon Trophy | 5th | ||||
| align=left | Mentor Toruń Cup | WD | ||||
| align="left" | Merano Cup | 4th | ||||
| align="left" | Philadelphia | 7th | ||||
| align=left | Reykjavík Int. Games | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | ||||
| align=left | Skate Celje | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | ||||
| align=left | Sofia Trophy | 9th | ||||
| align="left" | U.S. Classic | 8th | ||||
| align=left | Volvo Open Cup | 4th | ||||
| colspan="6" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | National | |||||
| align="left" | Indian Champs. | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | bgcolor="gold" | 1st |
Detailed results
{{Figure skating personal bests
|ref={{r|SS-TP}}
|143.01|{{nowrap|2025 Four Continents Championships}}
|47.39|2025 Four Continents Championships
|25.31|2025 Four Continents Championships
|22.92|2021 CS Cup of Austria
|95.62|2025 Four Continents Championships
|52.42|2025 Four Continents Championships
|45.40|2023 Four Continents Championships
}}
= Senior level =
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2019–20|ref={{r|SS-TP}}
|Jan 7–12, 2020|{{flagicon|POL}} 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup|16|28.27|–|–|–|WD|
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2021–22|ref={{r|SS-TP}}
|Aug 11–15, 2021|{{flagicon|USA}} 2021 Cranberry Cup International|14|46.47|19|77.64|18|124.11
|Sep 15–18, 2021|{{flagicon|USA}} 2021 U.S. Figure Skating Classic|9|44.66|8|84.53|8|129.19
|Sep 21–25, 2021|{{flagicon|GER}} 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy|34|37.51|24|84.76|30|122.27
|Nov 11–14, 2021|{{flagicon|AUT}} 2021 CS Cup of Austria|26|44.44|30|66.14|29|110.58
|Jan 17–22, 2022|{{flagicon|EST}} 2022 Four Continents Championships|20|43.31|19|84.62|20|127.93
|Feb 4–6, 2022|{{flagicon|ITA}} 2022 Merano Cup|14|50.08|4|84.31|4|134.39
|Feb 10–13, 2022|{{flagicon|SLO}} 2022 Dragon Trophy|6|52.54|2|103.42|5|155.66
|Feb 24–27, 2022|{{flagicon|BEL}} 2022 Bellu Memorial|9|45.86|–|–|–|WD|
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2022–23|ref={{r|SS-TP}}
|Aug 3–7, 2022|{{flagicon|USA}} 2022 Philadelphia Summer International|7|45.60|6|80.94|7|126.54
|Aug 10–14, 2022|{{flagicon|GER}} 2022 Cranberry Cup International|10|46.12|8|87.43|9|133.35
|Oct 5–9, 2022|{{flagicon|FIN}} 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy|19|44.26|22|78.49|22|122.75
|Jan 31–Feb 5, 2023|{{flagicon|USA}} 2023 Bavarian Open|6|47.20|6|85.70|6|132.90
|Feb 7–12, 2023|{{flagicon|USA}} 2023 Four Continents Championships|14|46.04|14|87.11|14|133.15
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2023–24|ref={{r|SS-TP}}
|Aug 10–14, 2023|{{flagicon|USA}} 2023 Cranberry Cup International|15|43.11|11|84.17|12|127.28
|Nov 16–19, 2023|{{flagicon|POL}} 2024 CS Warsaw Cup|27|42.31|–|–|–|WD
|Nov 21–24, 2023|{{flagicon|EST}} 2023 Tallinn Trophy|8|48.24|6|88.34|7|136.58
|Jan 26–28, 2024|{{flagicon|ISL}} 2024 Reykjavik International Games|1|45.98|3|77.92|2|123.90
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2024–25|ref={{r|SS-TP}}
|{{nowrap|Oct 16–20,}} 2024|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|FRA}} 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur}}|19|42.74|22|74.70|22|117.44
|Nov 14–17, 2024|{{flagicon|SVK}} 2024 Skate Celje|1|52.76|4|92.48|2|145.24
|Jan 7–12, 2025|{{flagicon|BUL}} 2025 Sofia Trophy|12|48.55|9|93.64|9|142.19
|Jan 16–19, 2025|{{flagicon|LAT}} 2025 Volvo Open Cup|4|47.58|4|95.15|4|142.73
|Feb 11–13, 2025|{{flagicon|CHN}} 2025 Asian Winter Games|8|49.17|7|99.17|8|148.34
|Feb 19–23, 2025|{{flagicon|KOR}} 2025 Four Continents Championships|17|47.39|16|95.62|16|143.01
}}
References
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{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00108989.htm |title= Competition Results: Tara PRASAD |publisher= International Skating Union |access-date= 12 June 2022 |archive-date= 29 January 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220129005019/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00108989.htm |url-status= live }}
{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00108989.htm|title=Tara PRASAD: 2021/2022|publisher=International Skating Union|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322001730/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00108989.htm|archive-date=22 March 2022|url-status=dead}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00108989.htm|title=Tara PRASAD: 2022/2023|publisher=International Skating Union|access-date=August 31, 2022|archive-date=31 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831025208/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00108989.htm|url-status=live}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00108989.htm|title=Tara PRASAD: 2024/2025|publisher=International Skating Union|access-date=November 6, 2024|archive-date=6 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106174351/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00108989.htm|url-status=live}}
}}
External links
- {{isu name |id=00108989 |name=Tara Prasad}}
- [https://www.skatingscores.com/ind/women/tara_prasad Tara Prasad] at SkatingScores.com
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Category:Sportspeople from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Category:Figure skaters from Colorado Springs, Colorado
Category:Sportspeople from Chennai
Category:Indian female single skaters
Category:American female single skaters
Category:American people of Indian Tamil descent
Category:American sportspeople of Indian descent
Category:Former United States citizens
Category:Naturalised citizens of India