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Tatiana MAKAROVA

Tatyana MAKAROVA, Russian dressage athlete.
Name Tatiana MAKAROVA
FEI ID 10019477
Gender Female
Date of Birth 20/03/1984
Competing for Palestine - PLE
Registration Dressage 2025
Last update 22/03/2023
FEI Database



Dressage 70x70
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? She began riding at age 12 in Tyumen, Russian Federation.
Why this sport? She became interested in equestrian the first time she saw a stable. When she was a child, coaches told her she was too tall for equestrian jumping. As she was not eager to do eventing, she chose to pursue dressage.
Club / Team Palma Equestrian: Spain
Name of coach Micky Jorda, ESP
General Interest
Hobbies Personal development, yoga, studying Spanish. (Athlete, 12 Jan 2022)
Most influential person in career Her father, and coach Valery Volkov. (equestrian.ru, 2013)
Hero / Idol Dutch dressage riders Edward Gal and Anky van Grunsven. (equestrian.ru, 2013)
Awards and honours She holds the title of Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (Athlete, 19 Mar 2018)
Ambitions To win medals at the world championships, European championships, and Olympic Games. (Athlete, 12 Jan 2022)
Other information RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO PALESTINE Having previously represented the Russian Federation, she switched to begin competing for Palestine in 2023. (sport-express.ru, 13 Feb 2023) TRAINING ABROAD She relocated from the Russian Federation to the Netherlands following the 2011 European Championships in Rotterdam. After a short period back in the Russian Federation in 2017, she returned to train in the Netherlands. In March 2021 she moved to work as a dressage instructor at the Palma Equestrian facility in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. (palmaequestrian.com, 25 Mar 2021; Athlete, 29 Apr 2019; equnews.ru, 29 Jun 2017; goldmustang.ru, 09 Feb 2014)
Further Personal Information
Residence Palma de Mallorca, ESP
Occupation Athlete, Coach, Horse Trainer
Languages English, Russian
Higher education Medicine - Tyumen State Medical Academy: Russia