Alexander Tarasov was born on 21 July 1961 in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, and is married to Yulia Bystrova.
[1] Their son, Filipp Tarasov, was born in January 1992 and competed in pairs for Azerbaijan.
[2][3] In his early years, Tarasov was coached by Svetlana Bukreyeva at DSO Trud in Sverdlovsk.
[1] They won the gold medal at the 1984 Prague Skate, silver at the 1985 Winter Universiade, bronze at the 1985 St. Ivel International, and silver at the 1987 Grand Prix International de Paris.
After retiring from competition, Tarasov became a coach at DYUSSH Lokomotiv in Yekaterinburg.