Tarasov began swimming at the age of six, after his parents took him to the local pool to improve his general health. In the final Tarasov beat his own world record when he finished in 25.82, beating
Maurice Deelen of the Netherlands by almost half a second. Along with his gold he left London with three silver medals,
100 m freestyle S8,
100 m backstroke S8,
4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts and a bronze in the
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts. He also added the 100m freestyle title and won three silvers in the 100m backstroke S8, 100m butterfly S8 and the
4x100 m medley relay (34pts) along with two bronze in the
4x50 m medley relay (20pts) and
4x100 m freestyle relay (34pts). At the
2014 IPC Swimming European Championships held in Eindhoven, Tarasov was entered for seven events, winning medals in each. In the
50m freestyle S8 he bettered his world record set in Montreal by almost half a second, recording a time of 25.32. He won gold and set a further world record in the 100m freestyle S8 (56.27) and added a further two gold medals in the team relays. Tasarov added two silvers in the 100m butterfly and 400m freestyle and a bronze in the 100m backstroke. In his favoured 50m freestyle S8, he took gold setting a Championship record of 25.34, just outside his own world best. In three of his other medals world records were broken. He swam a time of 55.84 in the 100m freestyle S8 beating his own record set in Eindhoven, and he was part of two world record breaking team relay teams, the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and the 4 × 100 m medley relay. He completed his medal haul with gold in the 100m butterfly S8. ==References==