Sports career
Denis Stoykov began his sports career even before school. His parents took him to the pool, where he started swimming. After some time, he became interested in pentathlon. It was this sport that became the main one for Denis. Thanks to his successes, he joined the Dynamo team, won two silver medals at the World Championships and one gold medal at the European Championships. In 2000, he was selected for the Russian Olympic team, but due to a tragic incident he did not go to Sydney. Before qualifying for the country's Olympic team, Denis was attacked by robbers in the entrance of his own house. As a result of the incident, he suffered a head injury, which prevented him from further training before the Olympics.
During his sports activity, Denis graduated from the Moscow Sports Academy and also received a scientific degree - Candidate of Economic Sciences at the State University of Management. At the same time, he became an international master of sports of Russia in modern pentathlon.
Origin and childhood
A morning program presenter is not just a position on television, it is the calling card of every television channel. On the Russia 1 channel, Denis Stoykov became such a card. He is the permanent host of the program, which wakes up the country's residents every morning.
Denis Stoykov was born in Moscow, his childhood was happy and carefree. From an early age, the boy was involved in sports; his parents gave him the right to choose his own sports section. Denis decided to go swimming. Gradually, swimming in the pool moved from the category of hobbies to the category of professional activity. The coach recommended that Denis and his parents make a choice in favor of a sports future.
Sports journalism
When the athlete’s career was gradually coming to an end, Denis’s wife, journalist Vera Serebrovskaya, pushed him to change his professional activity. Denis decided to try himself in sports journalism. Fortunately, his appearance, diction and knowledge made it easy to do this. The first refuge was the TVC channel, where Denis worked as a correspondent, presenter, and editor for a small remuneration. Such multi-machine work allowed me to gain knowledge and experience in the profession I was mastering. Sergei Cheskidov became a mentor in the sports editorial office. After some time, he was entrusted with hosting his own weekly program “Arena”, where he showed himself excellently as a sports news presenter.
Childhood and youth
Denis Stoykov was born in the capital of Russia on January 26, 1974. His parents did not even suspect that they were raising a future champion.
They themselves worked in blue-collar jobs and had nothing to do with sports or television. This did not stop him from instilling in his son a love of sports. The guy started going to the swimming section before he went to 1st grade. Denis enjoyed spending all his free time training in the pool. And the parents were quietly happy that their offspring was in business and not hanging out on the street, like most of his peers.
While still at school, Stoikov decided that he would connect his life with sports. In high school, the guy became interested in pentathlon.
From the first lessons, the teachers recognized the enormous potential in the young man. Thanks to his high results, Denis joined the Dynamo team.
Denis's victories paved the way for him to qualify for the Olympic team in 2000
Channel "Sport"
Denis Stoykov considers his main positive quality to be the desire to learn and develop. Therefore, he did not have to stay long on the TVC channel. In 2006, he was noticed by the then head of the Sport channel, Vasily Kiknadze. Denis was invited as a sports news presenter. The manner of telling the news in a language understandable to a simple TV viewer allowed him to quickly gain popularity among colleagues and ordinary people. Soon he began commenting on various sporting events, leading the “Olympic Diary” and “Sports Panorama”. During world competitions, Denis Stoykov covered mainly events in fencing, horse riding, swimming, shooting, and pentathlon. After all, these sports are familiar to him firsthand.
Social media
Denis has official accounts on social networks where he communicates with subscribers:
- VKontakte - https://vk.com/id1236381.
- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pg/stoikovd/posts/.
Here he talks about events in his professional and personal life.
The success of Denis Stoykov is not accidental. He came a long way to achieve fame. The former professional athlete knows that in order to become famous and succeed in your career, you need to study and work hard. Thanks to all this, his popularity is growing, and new prospects are opening up in his professional life.
"RUssia morning"
In 2015, the management of the Rossiya 1 channel decided to update the composition of TV presenters in the morning program “Morning of Russia”. And Denis Stoykov was invited to fill the vacant position. At first, TV viewers were indignant about the invitation of new faces to the program. But Denis was immediately received with a bang by ordinary people. Other newcomers had a harder time. For the first time on the air of “Russia 1” he appeared in tandem with Anastasia Chernobrovina and immediately fit into the concept of the television program. Until now, in tandem with Elena Nikolaeva, Russians are happy every new day.
Personal life
Denis Stoykov is married for the second time. Until 2013, the TV presenter’s first wife was Vera Serebrovskaya , who is also the host of the Rossiya channel. TV viewers could see Vera in the morning program “Moscow News”. The young people met when Denis was actively involved in sports. It was thanks to Vera that after finishing his sports career, Denis went to work on television as a journalist.
The young people got married. A daughter was born into the leading family, who was named Zoya. Despite common interests, frequent quarrels began to arise in the family of journalists, and as a result, Vera filed for divorce. In one of the interviews, the TV presenter complained that Denis raised his hand against her, but he denied her words. After the divorce, the struggle for their daughter continues between the parents. Today Vera married again to a politician - a deputy of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
Today Denis Stoykov carefully hides his personal life and does not comment on scandalous facts. It is known that Denis is married for the second time. The presenter's second wife is a woman named Olesya. In his second marriage, the journalist had another daughter, whose name is Ksenia. Olesya worked in an equipment sales office before the birth of her daughter. Today she is a housewife. The couple are also raising together Olesya’s son from her first marriage, whose name is Alexander.
Today Denis dreams of having a son and even chose a name for him - Andrey. The couple are happily married and often travel as a family.
Non-work life
25 years of life spent in professional sports could not just pass by. Denis still has a craving for an active lifestyle. He works out at the gym several times a week to stay in shape. He is also an active participant and administrator of an amateur football team. Denis organizes training sessions and gathers team members every week. Training takes place in any weather: neither heat nor frost bothers you.
Thanks to his active position in life, desire to learn something new, desire to constantly learn, and maintaining sports shape, presenter Denis Stoykov remains in good professional and physical shape.
Interesting Facts
- Denis Stoykov’s height is 185 cm, weight – 83 kg.
- Denis is Russian by nationality.
- The TV presenter adheres to a healthy lifestyle and regularly works out in the gym. He does the Plank exercise every day and has also developed his own set of exercises. He is the leader of an amateur football team and also organizes training and competitions.
- There are rumors that the presenter had a relationship with Elena Nikolaeva, who is his colleague. But these guesses were not confirmed by Denis.
- The presenter loves to read, sometimes skis and plays tennis. He respects sincerity, commitment and punctuality in people. Hypocrisy, ambition and vanity are not acceptable for Denis.
- The journalist uses social networks such as Vkontakte, Facebook and Instagram.
Loud romance
Despite her successful career in journalism, Elena Nikolaeva was able to protect her personal life from prying eyes. She actively shared photos from her travels on her social media pages. The girl was also interested in sports and fishing. But for the presenter’s fans it was a mystery who her lover was and whether Elena Nikolaeva had a husband.
Recently, information appeared on the Internet about Elena Nikolaeva’s affair with Igor Vdovin . Journalists suggested this after Elena and the businessman’s daughter Ariadne came out together. At first, the girl did not comment on questions from journalists that related to her personal life. But, a few months later, she admitted that a romantic relationship existed between her and Igor Vdovin.
The girl met the businessman at one of the forums that took place in the Moscow region. They started talking. At the same time, neither Elena nor Igor knew the details of each other’s lives.
The businessman did not recognize Elena as a TV presenter, since she does not watch TV. The girl, in turn, did not follow the personal life of Anastasia Volochkova, and did not know that Igor was her ex-husband. She was interested in him only from a professional point of view, as a successful businessman with original ideas and projects.
The first date took place five months after we met. Igor impressed the girl as a strong and strong-willed man. Despite her independence, for the first time in her entire life Elena wanted to submit to someone. It was Igor who exuded confidence and calm.
The relationship did not develop quickly and rapidly. It took nine months for Elena to believe in the seriousness of Igor’s intentions. When this happened, the lovers began to live together. Now they are a friendly family that tries not to be separated for a long time. Elena Nikolaeva admits that she has reduced her business trips several times and is trying to devote time to her common-law husband, Igor Vdovin. She wants to spend more time at home and create comfort.
Falling in love also influenced the style of the TV presenter. If earlier she preferred formal suits, now she chooses feminine outfits. Elena's eyes simply glow with happiness. She is a shining example of how love can change life and its perception.
Biography
Denis Andreevich Stoykov became famous thanks to his position as a TV presenter. Now he can be seen every day on the Russia channel in the morning program, where he sets up the country’s residents for a new day full of achievements. Russian by nationality. His path to a successful career was quite thorny; initially he did not plan to become a media personality and shine on the other side of the silver screen.
Our hero was a successful athlete and repeatedly won world championships, but before the most important event in his life - the Olympics - a terrible event occurred that forever crossed out his sports future. However, he achieved great success in another direction.
The future presenter was born in 1974 on January 26, and is a native Muscovite. Our hero grew up in an ordinary family, his parents held working positions. From an early age, the boy became interested in sports and showed qualities of strong character and self-confidence. Before entering first grade at a local school, his parents enrolled him in swimming lessons at the pool that would later become his second home. Throughout his time in high school, he spent a lot of time and spent all his energy in training; his height and weight allowed, so he did not have time to walk the streets and stagger from idleness.
As a schoolboy, I began to clearly understand and imagine my future as a professional athlete. Soon the young man began to become interested in pentathlon, this decision would become fatal for him in fate. The guy begins to show good results, thanks to this the coaches signed him up for the Dynamo team.
In the next stage of his life, he becomes a multiple winner of competitions. At the World Championships he takes second place and returns with silver, and at the European Championships Denis becomes the undisputed leader and receives a gold medal.
The successful and dramatic leap in his career does not go unnoticed and he is soon signed up for selection for the Olympic team in 2000. From this moment on, he begins to intensively prepare to take a new world title. But he will never go to the competition in Sydney; fate deals him a serious blow. Returning from another training session, the young man was attacked by robbers in his entrance. Stoykov was robbed and also suffered a serious head injury; it was this wound that closed the doors to the Olympics for the champion and forever crossed out his sports career.
Frequently asked questions about Denis Stoykov
Why did he become a TV presenter after finishing his sports career? His wife, TV journalist Vera Serebrovskaya, suggested that he try himself in the journalistic field. Soon Denis becomes an editor and correspondent on the TVC channel.
Nice appearance and well-spoken speech served well
Is it true that Stoikov is dating a colleague on the program “Morning of Russia”? Since Stoikov does not disclose details of his personal life, for a long time there were rumors in the press about an affair with his colleague Elena Nikolaeva. No confirmation information found.
