Daria Tarasova

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.

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