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Who do you think is the most successful coach of all time?
TAT, Mishin, Frank Carol?
Coach of Olympic gold medalists Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, John Curry and Robin Cousins.Great topic!
From the past I would have to choose Carlo Fassi.
who is Tarasova's current student anyway?
Toi add to DiscoDuck's list...
Tatiana "I-coach-Olympic-champions" Tarasova:
Rodnina and Zaitsev, 1976
Rodnina and Zaitsev, 1980
Bestemianova and Bukin, 1988
Klimova and Ponomarenko, 1992
Grishuk and Platov, 1994
Grishuk and Platov, 1998
Ilia Kulik, 1998
Alexei Yagudin, 2002.
Toi add to DiscoDuck's list...
Tatiana "I-coach-Olympic-champions" Tarasova:
Rodnina and Zaitsev, 1976
Rodnina and Zaitsev, 1980
Bestemianova and Bukin, 1988
Klimova and Ponomarenko, 1992
Grishuk and Platov, 1994
Grishuk and Platov, 1998
Ilia Kulik, 1998
Alexei Yagudin, 2002.
Wow! She coached three different disciplines -- pairs, dance, and men's singles -- successfully? I would think that is quite difficult to do.
Also, did she just not coach ladies?
No. Rodnina was 100% the creation of Stanislav Zhuk. She won Olympic gold with Ulanov under Zhuk; shortly after the Olympics, Ulanov dumped Rodnina to skate with Smirnova from Smirnova/ Suraikin pair. Zhuk then found Zaitsev for Rodnina to skate with. A short while later, Rodnina and Zhuk parted company. Honestly, I think that while Tarasova certainly helped Rodnina with her second and third Olympic gold, Rodnina was, is, and will always remain the product of Zhuk's teaching.TI don't know if TT coached her with Ulanov or not.
I think in Dortmund Shizuka really benefited from the combination of the technique she got from Callaghan and the artistry and extra choreographic umph she got from TTIIRC, she coached Shizuka Arakawa, at least for a while. I think, though, she took over the coaching just a few weeks before Dortmund, though; .
It's funny. Until Kulik, she was strictly a dance coach (yes, she coached Rodnina & Zaitsev, but that was the exception; besides, she was not the one who taught them any technical elements). When she started training Kulik, everyone though she was crazy; she herself often went back to Kudryavtsev (Kulik's former coach) for advice. After he won - then she became popular as a singles coach.Also, did she just not coach ladies?