# Tara Prasad

Tara Prasad (born 24 February 2000) is an 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.
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

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. She made her senior international debut for India in 2020 at the Mentor Toruń Cup.
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.
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. She withdrew from the 2024 Four Continents Championships due to health problems caused by low blood pressure.
After winning her third national title at the 2025 Indian Championships, Prasad went on to finish sixteenth at the 2025 Four Continents Championships.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| 2024–2025 | Poeta en el viento by Vicente Amigo Smiles For Y by Ezio Bosso Etudes, No. 6 by Víkingur Ólafsson and Philip Glass choreo. by Tara Prasad | The Night We Met by Lord Huron Love Like Ghosts by Lord Huron Meet Me in the Woods by Lord Huron choreo. by Tara Prasad | |
| 2023–2024 | | Born from Ashes by Eternal Eclipse RRR by M. M. Keeravani choreo. by Tara Prasad | |
| 2022–2023 | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff choreo. by Tara Prasad | Padmaavat by Hasit Nanda Padmaavat by Sanjay Leela Bhansali choreo. by Tara Prasad | Adheeraa (from Cobra) by A. R. Rahman choreo. by Tara Prasad |
| 2021–2022 | Danse macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns performed by Angèle Dubeau and La Pietà choreo. by Tara Prasad | La Bayadère by Ludwig Minkus performed by Evergreen Symphony Orchestra choreo. by Tara Prasad | |

## Competitive highlights

International :
| Event | 19–20 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24–25 |
| Four Continents | | 20th | 14th | | 16th |
| CS Cup of Austria | | 29th | | | |
| CS Finlandia | | | 22nd | | |
| CS Nebelhorn | | 30th | | | |
| CS Tallinn Trophy | | | | 7th | |
| CS Trophée Métropole Nice | | | | | 22nd |
| CS Warsaw Cup | | | | WD | |
| Asian Games | | | | | 8th |
| Bavarian Open | | | 6th | | |
| Bellu Memorial | | WD | | | |
| Cranberry Cup | | 18th | 9th | 12th | |
| Dragon Trophy | | 5th | | | |
| Mentor Toruń Cup | WD | | | | |
| Merano Cup | | 4th | | | |
| Philadelphia | | | 7th | | |
| Reykjavík Int. Games | | | | 2nd | |
| Skate Celje | | | | | 2nd |
| Sofia Trophy | | | | | 9th |
| U.S. Classic | | 8th | | | |
| Volvo Open Cup | | | | | 4th |
| National ||||||
| Indian Champs. | | 1st | 1st | | 1st |

## Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 143.01 | 2025 Four Continents Championships |
| Short program | TSS | 47.39 | 2025 Four Continents Championships |
| Short program | TES | 25.31 | 2025 Four Continents Championships |
| Short program | PCS | 22.92 | 2021 CS Cup of Austria |
| Free skating | TSS | 95.62 | 2025 Four Continents Championships |
| Free skating | TES | 52.42 | 2025 Four Continents Championships |
| Free skating | PCS | 45.40 | 2023 Four Continents Championships |

### Senior level

Results in the 2019–20 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Jan 7–12, 2020 | 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup | 16 | 28.27 | – | – | – | WD |
Results in the 2021–22 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Aug 11–15, 2021 | 2021 Cranberry Cup International | 14 | 46.47 | 19 | 77.64 | 18 | 124.11 |
| Sep 15–18, 2021 | 2021 U.S. Figure Skating Classic | 9 | 44.66 | 8 | 84.53 | 8 | 129.19 |
| Sep 21–25, 2021 | 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 34 | 37.51 | 24 | 84.76 | 30 | 122.27 |
| Nov 11–14, 2021 | 2021 CS Cup of Austria | 26 | 44.44 | 30 | 66.14 | 29 | 110.58 |
| Jan 17–22, 2022 | 2022 Four Continents Championships | 20 | 43.31 | 19 | 84.62 | 20 | 127.93 |
| Feb 4–6, 2022 | 2022 Merano Cup | 14 | 50.08 | 4 | 84.31 | 4 | 134.39 |
| Feb 10–13, 2022 | 2022 Dragon Trophy | 6 | 52.54 | 2 | 103.42 | 5 | 155.66 |
| Feb 24–27, 2022 | 2022 Bellu Memorial | 9 | 45.86 | – | – | – | WD |
Results in the 2022–23 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Aug 3–7, 2022 | 2022 Philadelphia Summer International | 7 | 45.60 | 6 | 80.94 | 7 | 126.54 |
| Aug 10–14, 2022 | 2022 Cranberry Cup International | 10 | 46.12 | 8 | 87.43 | 9 | 133.35 |
| Oct 5–9, 2022 | 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy | 19 | 44.26 | 22 | 78.49 | 22 | 122.75 |
| Jan 31–Feb 5, 2023 | 2023 Bavarian Open | 6 | 47.20 | 6 | 85.70 | 6 | 132.90 |
| Feb 7–12, 2023 | 2023 Four Continents Championships | 14 | 46.04 | 14 | 87.11 | 14 | 133.15 |
Results in the 2023–24 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Aug 10–14, 2023 | 2023 Cranberry Cup International | 15 | 43.11 | 11 | 84.17 | 12 | 127.28 |
| Nov 16–19, 2023 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup | 27 | 42.31 | – | – | – | WD |
| Nov 21–24, 2023 | 2023 Tallinn Trophy | 8 | 48.24 | 6 | 88.34 | 7 | 136.58 |
| Jan 26–28, 2024 | 2024 Reykjavik International Games | 1 | 45.98 | 3 | 77.92 | 2 | 123.90 |
Results in the 2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Oct 16–20, 2024 | 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur | 19 | 42.74 | 22 | 74.70 | 22 | 117.44 |
| Nov 14–17, 2024 | 2024 Skate Celje | 1 | 52.76 | 4 | 92.48 | 2 | 145.24 |
| Jan 7–12, 2025 | 2025 Sofia Trophy | 12 | 48.55 | 9 | 93.64 | 9 | 142.19 |
| Jan 16–19, 2025 | 2025 Volvo Open Cup | 4 | 47.58 | 4 | 95.15 | 4 | 142.73 |
| Feb 11–13, 2025 | 2025 Asian Winter Games | 8 | 49.17 | 7 | 99.17 | 8 | 148.34 |
| Feb 19–23, 2025 | 2025 Four Continents Championships | 17 | 47.39 | 16 | 95.62 | 16 | 143.01 |