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Tara Prasad
American-born Indian figure skater (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1]
Born in the United States, she competed for the U.S. in the regionals before representing India internationally.[2]
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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.[3] Prasad splits her time between the two countries and has held Indian citizenship since 2019.[4][5][6][7]
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.[6][8]
She enjoys hiking, rock climbing, art, choreography and driving cars.[5]
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Early career
Prasad began learning how to skate at age seven in Cedar Rapids. She competed domestically for the United States as a child at the juvenile through the novice levels until 2016.[2][9]
2019–2020 season
She made her senior international debut for India in 2020 at the Mentor Toruń Cup.[10][11]
2022–2023 season
She competed at the 2022 Four Continents Championships, where she finished 20th.[3][12] 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.[13]
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.[14] She withdrew from the 2024 Four Continents Championships due to health problems caused by low blood pressure.[15]
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.[16]
2025–26 season
Prasad opened the season by finishing fifth at the 2025 Asian Open Trophy.[16]
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Senior level
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