Career
Tatiana Druchinina was among leading Soviet gymnast of the 1980s along (with Marina Lobatch, Galina Beloglazova, and Dalia KutkaitÄ—). In her competitions at the 1984 Europeans Championships, she came in 6th in the all-around. She was 4th in all-around at the 1986 Europeans (1st on ball, 4th with rope and clubs).
Druchinina retired from gymnastics at the end of the 1988 season.
Since 1993, Druchinina lived in the United States until 2007, when she returned to Russia, collaborating with Alexander Zhulin and Evgeny Platov with their Ice dance students. Previously, she has also worked with Sarah Hughes, Sasha Cohen, Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov. she returned to Saint St. Petersburg.
Her former clients/students include:
Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze
Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov
Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert
Yuri Shevchuk
Artur Dmitriev Junior.
Nikolai Morozov
Before the 2011/12, Druchinina worked for many years at the Sports Palace "Jubilee" Club in Saint St. Petersburg with sports groups and pairs of Tamara Moskvina. In the 2011/12 season, she has collaborated with a group of ice dancing students of Svetlana Alexeeva.