Tara Prasad
Tara Prasad is an American-born Indian figure skater who competes in women's singles skating. She is the 2024 Reykjavik International Games|Reykjavik International] silver medalist, the 2024 Skate Celje silver medalist and 2025 bronze medalist, the 2025 Bosphorus Cup silver medalist, and a three-time Indian national champion.
She competed within the U.S. in the regionals before representing India internationally. She has competed in the final segments of the 2022, 2023 and 2025 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.
Personal life
Prasad was born on 24 February 2000 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Indian immigrants from Tamil Nadu. Her mother, Kavitha Ramasamy, 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. She speaks Tamil and English.During a 5-year break from skating, Prasad had originally planned to move back to India permanently with her family to live and study. She switched from an Overseas Citizenship of India card to an Indian passport, intending to settle in Chennai. However, after attending a skating camp in India, she decided to return to skating, this time under the Indian flag. Prasad states that one of her reasons for continuing skating is to “realize her full potential.”
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.