Tatiana Alexandrovna Navka - Soviet, Belarusian and Russian figure skater, Olympic champion (2006) in ice dancing paired with Roman Kostomarov, 2-time world champion (2004, 2005), 3-time European champion (2004-2006), 3-time champion of Russia (2003, 2004, 2006) and 2-time champion of Belarus (1997, 1998). Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation.
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Biography of Tatiana Navka
Tatiana Navka was born on April 13, 1975 in Dnepropetrovsk (now Dnepr). She grew up and was brought up in the family of an engineer, Alexander Petrovich, and his wife, Raisa Anatolyevna, who worked as an economist.
Since in her youth her parents were fond of sports, they were glad that Tatiana was carried away by ice skating.
Navka especially fell in love with figure skating when she saw the performance of Elena Vodorezova. Since that time, the biography, the girl began to dream of a sports career.
An interesting fact is that initially Tatiana learned to roller skate and only after that, her parents brought her to the rink. This happened in 1980, when she was barely 5 years old.
For several years, Tatiana Navka trained regularly under the guidance of Tamara Yarchevskaya and Alexander Rozhin. As a result, at the age of 12, she became the champion of Ukraine among juniors.
A year later, Navka left for Moscow, where her sports biography began. She had all the conditions to progress in skating, revealing all her talents.
Sports career
In 1991, Tatiana joined the Soviet national team with her partner Samvel Gezalyan. After the collapse of the USSR, the skaters played for the national team of Belarus.
Soon Tatyana and Samvel took 5th place at the World Championship (1994), and then ended up in 4th place at the European Championship.
In the period 1996-1998. Navka performed in tandem with Nikolai Morozov. The skaters became the winners of the Karl Schaefer Memorial and also took part in 18 Winter Olympics.
In 1998, Tatiana was invited to the Russian national team. At that time, her partner was already Roman Kostomarov.
Soon the duo Navka / Kostomarov achieved brilliant performance. In 2003, the athletes won the Russian championship for the first time. Then they took 3rd place at the European Championship.
By the 2006 Olympics, held in Italy, Tatiana and Roman were the undisputed leaders. An interesting fact is that since 2004 they have won all starts at European and world competitions, each time winning the "gold".
TV show
The end of Tatyana Navka's sports career coincided with the release of the ice TV show, which was broadcast on Russian TV. As a result, the eminent athlete took an active part in this project.
Navka skated in Stars on Ice and Ice Age. During this time, many celebrities were her partners, including Andrei Burkovsky, Marat Basharov, Ville Haapasalo, Artem Mikhalkov, Yegor Beroev and others.
In 2008, Tatiana was invited to the popular vocal program "Two Stars", and then to the international competition "Dance Eurovision".
Personal life
Navka's personal life, along with her success in sports, has long been associated with the name of Alexander Zhulin. The famous figure skater liked the girl even when he visited Dnepropetrovsk.
Soon, the coach and his ward began to meet and live a life together. In 2000, young people decided to sign. In the same year, a girl named Alexandra was born to the athletes.
In 2010, the couple publicly announced their divorce. After that, many articles appeared in the media about Navka's novels with partners in the ice show - Marat Basharov and Alexei Vorobyov.
In the same 2010, Tatyana met Dmitry Peskov, the deputy head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. The couple began a whirlwind romance, despite the fact that Peskov was then still married.
In 2014, a girl named Nadezhda was born to the lovers, and they began to write about this in all newspapers. A year later, the figure skater and the politician officially married.
Tatiana Navka today
Navka is still involved in various television projects. Since 2018, she has been serving as a jury member and team mentor on the Ice Age. Children".
Tatiana is engaged in staging ice performances with the participation of world famous athletes. As a rule, such projects are all sold out.
In the winter of 2019, the premiere of The Sleeping Beauty show took place. It was attended by famous athletes, including Alina Zagitova.
As of today, Navka is considered the richest among the wives of Kremlin politicians. In 2018, she declared over 218 million rubles.
At the end of the same year, the athlete became a co-owner of the Crimean company for the production of sea salt - "Galit".
Now the skater is fond of horse riding, skiing and culinary arts. Not so long ago, she admitted that she would like to try herself as an actress.
Navka has an official Instagram account, where she regularly uploads photos and videos. More than 1.1 million people have subscribed to her page.
Photo by Tatiana Navka
