Daria Tarasova

Daria Tarasova (born July 6, 1988) is a former competitive wushu taolu athlete and coach from Russia.[1] She is one of the most renowned Russian wushu athletes of all time.

Daria Tarasova

Personal information
Native name	Дарья Тарасова
Nationality	Russian
Born	July 6, 1988 Moscow, Soviet Union
Home town	Moscow, Russia
Occupation	Coach, martial artist, athlete
Years active	1995-present
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Wushu Taolu
Event(s)	Changquan, Daoshu, Gunshu
Team	Russian National Wushu Team
Now coaching	Since 2013
Medal record Representing  Russia Women's Wushu Taolu Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games (unofficial) 1 0 0 World Games 1 0 0 World Combat Games 1 0 0 World Championships 2 4 4 Total 5 4 4 Olympic Games (unofficial) 2008 Beijing Changquan World Games 2009 Kaohsiung Changquan World Combat Games 2013 St. Petersburg Taolu combined World Championships 2003 Macau Gunshu 2007 Beijing Changquan 2003 Macau Changquan 2009 Toronto Changquan 2011 Ankara Gunshu 2015 Kuala Lumpur Gunshu 2007 Beijing Gunshu 2009 Toronto Daoshu 2011 Ankara Daoshu 2015 Kuala Lumpur Shuangjian

Career

Tarasaova was a principal member of the Russian Wushu Team from 2003 to 2015, attending every World Wushu Championships except 2005 and 2013. She won two gold, four silver, and four bronze medals.[2] Her first gold medal was in the women's gunshu event at the 2003 World Wushu Championships. In addition to winning several times at the World Wushu Championships, Tarasova has also won several times at the European Wushu Championships and was the female taolu champion nineteen times.[3]

Tarasova's gold medal in the women's changquan event at the 2007 World Wushu Championships qualified her for the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, where she also won in the same event.[4][5] A year later, she won gold once again in the women's changquan event at the 2009 World Games where wushu was an invitational sport.[6] Tarasova also competed in the 2010 World Combat Games.[7] At the 2013 World Combat Games, Tarasova was named as the wushu ambassador and promoted the sport throughout St. Petersburg.[8] At the competition, Tarasova won the female changquan, jianshu, and qiangshu combined event despite never specializing in both weapons. A year later, she was invited to demonstrate at the Nanjing Sports Lab, a promotional event for non-Olympic sports, which took place alongside the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[9]

Tarasova is now a member of the International Wushu Federation (IWUF)'s athlete committee[10] and is a coach of the Russian National Wushu Team.

See also

• Muslim Salikhov
• Jade Xu

References

1. "Olympedia – Darya Tarasova". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
2. "Results". IWUF. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
3. "An interview with Daria Tarasova, PART 2". Wushu Sport TV. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
4. "Four golds carved up at Wushu Worlds -- china.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
5. "Olympedia – Changquan, Women". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
6. "World Games 2009, Wushu - Taolu Women's Changquan". results.worldgames2009.tw. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13.
7. "Daria Tarasova of Russia competes in women's Wushu chang quan on day..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
8. "Wushu IWuF Magazine (2014)". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
9. "Wushu Makes Pitch for Olympic Inclusion at YOG". aroundtherings.com. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
10. "Committees". IWUF. Retrieved 2021-01-09.