Yulia Valeryevna Bystrova (Russian: Юлия Валерьевна Быстрова, born 10 June 1963) is a former pair skater for the Soviet Union.
Bystrova was born on 10 June 1963 in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, and is married to Alexander Tarasov.
[1] Their son, Filipp, was born in January 1992 and competed in pairs for Azerbaijan.
[2][3] Early in her career, Bystrova skated with Mikhail Vazhenin, coached by Aleksandr Morozov and Igor Ksenofontov at DSO Sparkak 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.