The best figure skating coaches (Moscow). Names, achievements, awards and reviews

Incredibly aesthetic and fascinating sport. Art on the ice, which requires total dedication and real talent. All this is true for figure skating, which is admired by millions of people around the world, and which never ceases to amaze the audience with its novelty.

Figure skating in Russia

In Russia, figure skating has always developed at the highest level. Great successes achieved in this field in the world and European championships were made possible thanks to talent and dedicated work, which is quite rightly famous for Russian figure skating trainers who brought up truly unique figure skaters.

Thus, at the last European Championships in figure skating, a convincing victory among women was won by Yevgeny Medvedev, silver and bronze were also received by Russian figure skaters Elena Radionova and Anna Pogorelova. And this is only one of the most recent examples of well-deserved Russian victories.

Famous Russian coaches

The most famous in Russia, and all over the world, became such figure skating trainers as Elena Chaikovskaya, Marina Zueva, Tatyana Tarasova and Nikolai Morozov. They have made and continue to make a huge contribution to the development of this sport. What are the main achievements of these famous coaches and what is the secret of their success?

Elena Chaykovskaya

Perhaps, the most deserved trainer of figure skating is Elena Anatolievna Chaykovskaya. She was born in December 1939. In 1957, she won the championship in solo skating in the USSR. Its coach was Tatyana Tolmacheva, the founder of the Soviet famous school of figure skating.

The result of coaching work of Elena Anatolyevna were 11 gold medals, which her wards won at the world championships. Tchaikovsky brought up a lot of really outstanding figure skaters. Among them are world-famous couples Pakhomova Lyudmila and Alexander Gorshkov, Karponosov Gennady and Linichuk Natalia, Kovalev Vladimir and Butyrskaya Maria. Tchaikovsky was awarded the title of Honored Artist and two awards for special merits in the field of figure skating.

The first specialty of Tchaikovsky is a choreographer, therefore, in her coaching work, Elena Anatolyevna pays much attention to the artistic part of the performance. Figure skating for her is, first of all, everything that is done by an athlete between jumps, not the jumps themselves. Those who are familiar with Tchaikovsky, in their responses notice the high intelligence and delicate taste, which are always reflected in the work that she conducts, as a figure skating coach. Moscow can be proud of the fact that it was in this city that Elena Tchaikovskaya was born and works.

The Tchaikovsky's Horse

In 2001, Elena Anatolyevna opened her school for skaters "The Tchaikovsky's Horse", in which children with disabilities are given the opportunity of free education. Her first dream came true. Graduates of this school became such talented figure skaters, as Julia Soldatova, Margarita Drobiazko, Kristina Oblasova and Povilas Vanagas.

In addition, Elena Anatolyevna is not only a coach, but also a teacher of GITIS. At the institute, she directs the faculty, in which future figure skating coaches learn their art. Also Tchaikovsky is the author of several books about the education of figure skaters.

Marina Zueva

Marina Zueva is a figure skating coach and a choreographer with more than 40 years of experience. She was born in April 1956. Under the coaching guidance of Elena Tchaikovsky, she was engaged in pair figure skating with Andrei Vitman. Later she started working at CSKA as a choreographer and simultaneously studying at the GITIS ballet master. As a coach she brought up a lot of titled pairs of figure skaters and singles athletes. Among them, Olympic champions Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue from Canada, and Charlie White and Meryl Davies from the United States. One of the last of her wards was Katsalapov Nikita and Sinitsina Victoria.

Marina Zueva is a figure skating coach who knows what sports and creative success depend on. According to Zueva herself, she draws inspiration and all sorts of ideas for choreographic productions not only in figure skating, but also in circus art, theater and ballet. She is determined never to stop her artistic development. According to the reviews, in his students Zueva brings up discipline, consistency and consistency. These three main principles, she always tries to adhere to herself, because they lead her to professional victories.

Tatyana Tarasova

Tatyana Tarasova is a figure skating coach, choreographer and director, daughter of Honored Hockey Trainer Anatoly Tarasov. Tatyana Anatolyevna was born in February 1947. Was engaged in pair figure skating with George Proskurin under the coaching start of Elena Tchaikovsky, but as a result of a serious trauma she was forced to finish her athletic career as a figure skater.

Tatyana Tarasova is a very wise and successful coach. Only until 2004, her various students won 41 gold medals in world and European championships and 8 medals at the Olympic Games. For a while, Tarasova coached the Japanese figure skater and world champion Mao Assad. Among her famous wards Irina Rodnina, Oksana Grischuk, Sasha Cohen, Johnny Weir, Alexei Yagudin and other figure skaters. One of the last awards of Tatyana Anatolyevna was the Order of Honor, received for significant contribution to the development of sports and physical culture and many years of fruitful professional activity.

Numerous positive reviews confirm that Tarasova works energetically and emotionally, always remains optimistic and gives her work to the end, so it is not surprising that she is a very successful figure skating coach. Moscow is known for many coaching names, but the results of Tarasova's work are particularly impressive. Tatyana Anatolievna admits that she is very much helped by the conviction that she creates, the ability to defend her ideas and fight for them to the end. This Tarasov was taught at the lectures at GITIS and she is really a real fighter.

Nikolay Morozov

In December 1975, Moscow was the birth of the famous director and honored trainer Morozov. Figure skating was for Nikolai Alexandrovich the whole life. After the successful sports career of the figure skater, Morozov worked as an assistant coach for Tatiana Tarasova for four years. After that he began to train skaters independently.

Morozov worked with many famous figure skaters. Among them are Shizuka Arakawa, Michelle Kwan, Miki Ando, Daisuke Takahashi, Evgeni Plushenko, Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov. The professional growth of these athletes and the sports peaks that they achieved, clearly show which first-class Nikolai coach. Figure skating is not only the work of either skaters or their mentor. Success comes only when both athletes and coaches apply maximum effort to do this. Grushin and Goncharov won the bronze at the Turin Olympics, and after that Nikolai Alexandrovich received the title of Honored Worker of Sport and Physical Culture of Ukraine. Also, actively participating in the preparation of the Olympic Games in Sochi, he received the award "For Service to the Fatherland."

At this point in time, Nikolai Morozov is one of the youngest and most sought after coaches in the world. This is largely the result not only of his undeniable talent, but also of tremendous efficiency. The working day of Morozov lasts 14 hours, and he says that in the day, to his regret, too little time.

The essence of success in figure skating

If we sum up, then all successful figure skating coaches have their own professional secrets. But they also have something in common that confidently leads them to sports victories. This constant personal creative development, selfless labor and the desire to devote themselves without rest to their pupils, so that they can then give unforgettable impressions and real emotions to the audience.