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Early life and childhood
Tatiana Navka was born on April 13, 1975, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is 48 years old and is under the astrological sign Aries. She has Ukrainian-Russian nationality and her full name is Tatyana Aleksandrovna Navka.
His father’s name is Aleksandr Navka and his mother’s name is Raisa Navka. She also has a younger sister named Natalia Navka. Talking about her parents, her mother is an economist while her father is an engineer. And, in the year 1988, she and her family moved to Moscow Oblast, SFSR of Russia.
Caption: Tatiana Navka together with her mother and sister (Source: Instagram)
Regarding Navka’s training and educational qualifications, he attended the Dnipropetrovsk State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports. She also enrolled at the Moscow State University of Arts and Culture.
Career and professional life
Tatiana Navka became interested in skating when she was only five years old after seeing it on television. After her, Tamara Yarchevskaya and Alexander Rozhin coached Navka during her early years as a singles skater. After a 14 cm growth spurt that hindered her jumping, in 1987 she advised her parents to try ice dancing.
After moving to Moscow, she trained at the Moskvich sports club under coach Natalia Dubova in 1988. She then teamed up with Samvel Gezalian and represented the Soviet Union, winning gold at the 1991 Skate America and the 1991 Nations Cup. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Navka and Gezalian decided to skate through Belarus. They were able to debut at the European and World Championships in 1993, finishing in ninth place.
Likewise, Navka together with Gezalian managed to win silver at Skate Canada International and placed fourth in the NHK Trophy in 1993 and 1994. They even achieved their best world result, finishing fifth in 1994. In the following season, they went on to win silver in the NHK Trophy and came fourth in the European Championship. Their partnership ended after the 1995 World Championships, where they placed seventh.
He later joined forces with Nikolai Morozov in 1996 and continued to represent Belarus. They earned an Olympic berth by winning gold at the 1997 Karl Schäfer Memorial.
Despite a lighting problem during their free dance at the 1998 Winter Olympics, they completed their performance. They finished 16th at the Olympics and 10th at the 1998 World Championships, and after the 1998 World Championships, he ended the partnership to skate with another partner.
Additionally, after separating from her previous partner, Navka was able to team up with Roman Kostomarov and start competing for Russia. They won bronze at the Russian Championships and placed 12th at the World Championships in their first season together. However, Linichuk disbanded the team and paired Kostomarov with Anna Semenovich.
At that time, Tatiana took a break from competition due to her pregnancy. Then in 2000, Kostomarov approached her and they met, led by Alexander Zhulin. They went on to win the world title in 2004 and 2005, three European titles from 2004 to 2006, and gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics. After retiring from competition, they continue to skate together in shows.
Tatiana Navka has teamed up with several Russian celebrities to compete in ice shows such as Stars On Ice and Ice Age. She won Stars On Ice with actor Marat Basharov and was runner-up in Ice Age with actor Ville Haapasalo.
She was runner-up again, this time alongside actor Vadim Kolganov in the 2008 and 2009 seasons of Ice Age. Furthermore, in September 2008 she was able to participate in the Eurovision 2008 Dance Contest with professional dancer Alexander Litvinenko. Then, in October 2011, she was able to become an ambassador for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Subtitle: Tatiana Navka performing her act (Source: Instagram)
Controversy
Tatiana Navka’s involvement in Carina Global Assets Ltd., which is an offshore company, and her ownership of multiple properties in Moscow raised questions about her wealth. There were concerns about unreported income, false declarations of filing status, and misleading information provided to the IRS.
Her dance performance on a Russian television show dressed as a Holocaust prisoner sparked controversy in 2016. Although she and her partner stated that it was inspired by a movie and that she did not intend to offend. Additionally, in 2021, she went on to make sexist comments about a male gymnast, expressing her support for gender discrimination and Russia’s gay propaganda law.
civil status
Tatiana Navka married Russian ice dancer Alexander Zhulin in 2000. The couple also has a daughter and her name is Sasha. Sasha was born in May 2000 in the United States. Later in 2009, they separated and filed for divorce and were officially divorced in July 2010.
She then had a relationship with Russian diplomat Dmitry Peskov. He is Vladimir Putin’s press spokesman. They also have a daughter named Nadezhda (Nadia). She was born in August 2014 in Russia. They married in a civil ceremony at a registry office in June 2015 before a larger ceremony on August 1, 2015.
Additionally, he had to face sanctions from several countries, including the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, due to his connection with Dmitry Peskov and his participation in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Caption: Tatiana Navka with her two daughters (Source: Instagram)
Tatian Navka has a height of 5 feet 7 inches and his weight is 54 kg. Her other body measurements such as chest, waist and hip size are 31-24-34 inches respectively. Additionally, Navka has brown blonde hair and green eyes.
Social media
Tatiana Navka is quite active on all her social accounts. She owns her Instagram account with the name “tatiana_navka” and has gained 1.3 million followers on it. She also owns a Twitter account and has gained 3.1k followers so far.
Net worth 2023
according to famous birthdays, Tatiana Navka has a net worth of $5 million and her main source of income has to be her career as a figure and ice skater.
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