Tatyana Navka: biography
The name Tatyana Navka is well known to many - she is a titled athlete, the wife of a high-ranking official, an organizer of spectacular ice shows, and a beautiful woman. Popularity and success did not come to the figure skater right away; she worked hard before becoming a holder of high ranks, known all over the world.
The athlete has an ideal figure - with a height of 170 cm, weight 50 kg
Childhood and youth, family, education
Tatyana was born in Ukrainian Dnepropetrovsk on April 13, 1975 in a simple family, where her father worked as an engineer and her mother as an economist. Their youngest daughter's name is Natalya.
Tatyana Navka became interested in figure skating as a child, when she saw the performance of single skater Elena Vodorezova. The parents supported their youngest daughter’s hobby, bought roller skates, and at the age of five they took her to the skating rink under the wing of coaches Rozhin and Yarchevskaya. Seven years later, the girl became the best among juniors in Ukraine. After such a triumph came disappointment - the young figure skater grew 14 cm over the summer, and her well-practiced jumping technique began to malfunction. The coaches advised her to switch to ice dancing. In order to continue her daughter’s career, her mother, Raisa Anatolyevna, not only transferred the girl to another type of skating, but also moved with her to Moscow to continue training.
The figure skater received two higher educations - at the Dnepropetrovsk Academy of Physical Education and the Moscow University of Culture and Arts
Career in sports
In Moscow, Tatyana Navka became a partner of Samvel Gezalyan, with whom she went to train in the USA with Natalya Dubova. The couple performed under the flag of the USSR, and after its collapse - Belarus. In 1991 and 1992, they won gold at international tournaments in the USA and Germany, and in the next two years they became silver medalists at the Canadian and Japanese stages. At more prestigious competitions, the Navka-Gezalyan duo did not rise above fifth place. In 1995, the couple broke up.
Tatyana had minor successes with her next partner, Nikolai Morozov. The duet existed for two years and won only in competitions within Belarus.
Navka received her main awards when she teamed up with Roman Kostomarov. True, success did not come immediately. Two years later, in 2003, they became champions of Russia, and the next season - first in the world. The couple prepared very seriously for the Olympics in Turin - they were advised by T. Tarasova and E. Tchaikovskaya, the Carmen program was staged by T. Druchinina. Having won gold at the XX Olympic Games, Navka and Kostomarov ended their sports careers.
Tatyana took part in four Olympics
Show "Ice Age"
In 2006, Ilya Averbukh organized the Ice Age show on Channel One, which later became an annual show. Tatyana Navka, in addition to figure skating, is interested in dancing, so after finishing her sports career she immediately took part in the project. For all this time, the skater missed only one season, and in the rest she shone with different partners:
- 2006 - with M. Basharov they took first place.
- 2007 - with Ville Haapasalo - second.
- 2008 – won silver with V. Kalganov.
- 2010 – first place with A. Vorobyov.
- 2013 – reached the final with Artem Mikhalkov.
- 2016 – second place together with A. Burkovsky.
In 2012, at the Professional Cup, T. Navka shared first place with M. Drobyazko
Production company Navka Show
Tatyana created her own company called Navka Show. The figure skater is the main star and producer of the project. Three ice performances based on famous fairy tales were performed - “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, “The Scarlet Flower” and “Sleeping Beauty”. Both famous athletes and beginners take part in the show.
The performances are very beautiful and technologically advanced - they have a lot of special effects, lighting elements and costumes of the highest quality.
More than 1,500 specialists were involved in the creation of the ice show “Ruslan and Lyudmila”
Where does he live?
Tatiana Navka's family lives outside the city, in the cottage village Tretya Okhota. She owns a huge house with an area of 800 square meters on 94 acres of land. The perimeter area is hidden from prying eyes by tall trees.
The territory is landscaped to the highest class. There is a guest house, a parking lot and a garage for cars, and a staff house. Each room of the cottage has access to a cozy terrace. For sports, there is a gym, a spa area, bike paths, a swimming pool and a sauna. A playground has been created for children on the site, and nearby there is a place to relax - a barbecue grill, a gazebo. The house has three floors.
In addition to the house, Tatiana Navka owns an apartment on Yakimanka with an area of 200 square meters. The figure skater received it from the presidential administration for her sporting achievements.
The elite village has developed infrastructure, so the cottage is suitable for recreation and permanent residence
Rumors about novels with Marat Basharov and Alexei Vorobyov
After Tatyana took part in “Ice Age” and won the competition together with Marat Basharov, rumors appeared about their romance. They wrote that they lived happily together, the artist literally carried his beloved in his arms, but after some time quarrels and scandals began and it all ended in a breakup. There were many rumors surrounding the couple about their wedding and discord. They themselves did not confirm them in any way, so no one knows whether there was an affair or not.
While participating in the TV show “Ice and Fire,” new information appeared - about Navka’s romance with her project partner, singer Alexei Vorobyov. Most likely, the audience projected the relationship on the ice onto real life and further thought it out, fantasized it, and completed it. Soon Vorobyov began a relationship with Akinshina and the rumors gradually subsided.
Tatyana Navka is 13 years older than her ice partner Alexei Vorobyov
Photo by Tatyana Navka in Maxim magazine
Photos of Tatyana Navka in Maxim magazine appeared around 2005. According to rumors, they were timed to coincide with the then upcoming wedding of the figure skater with politician Dmitry Peskov, who holds the position of press secretary of the country's president.
Especially the male half of the athlete’s fans were amazed by Tatyana Navka’s photo in a swimsuit - after all, not every woman at 40 will look so luxurious. Especially when you consider that the woman did not undergo plastic surgery.
Soon, however, Navka’s erotic photo shoot was removed from the magazine’s official website. The director of the site said that photos are deleted only at the request of the models themselves, but the reason for this remains unknown.
First husband Alexander Zhulin: who is he, personal life, daughter Sasha
Tatyana's first husband was Alexander Zhulin. The girl fell in love with him in her youth, when the skater came to Dnepropetrovsk with his wife Maya Usova. After moving to Moscow, Navka met Alexander again, at which point his marriage was bursting at the seams, and in the late nineties the couple divorced.
Zhulin switched to coaching, and Kostomarov and Navka became his wards. Tatiana and Alexander got married in 2000, and soon their daughter Sasha was born. The marriage lasted 10 years, after which it broke up. During this time, Zhulin led the couple to an Olympic medal; she became the most successful among all his talented students. After the divorce, Tatyana and Alexander remained on good terms and raised their common daughter together. Now she is studying at MGIMO and studying management.
Navka's first great love was A. Zhulin, who had been her idol since her school years
Second husband Dmitry Peskov: what he is known for, family life, daughter
In 2010, Tatyana Navka met a man who famously danced to the music from “Nine and a Half Weeks.” It turned out to be Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the Russian President. After a lengthy courtship, an affair began. They hid their relationship for a long time, four years later, on August 21, 2014, the couple had a daughter, Nadya, and only in August 2015 did the couple register their marriage. They are very different, which is perhaps why the relationship turned out to be stronger than the previous one.
This is Dmitry Peskov’s third marriage. The first wife was Budyonny’s granddaughter Anastasia (from her son Nikolai), the second was the diplomat’s daughter, Ekaterina Solonitskaya, who gave birth to three children in the marriage.
Tatiana dreams of giving birth to her wife and son
Second try at luck
The second husband of Tatyana Navka was the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov. Fate brought them together at a mutual friend's birthday party. That evening the man did not leave the athlete’s side. The courtship continued further. Dmitry courted beautifully and persistently until Tatyana gave up.
Tatyana realized that she had fallen in love and that she saw only this man next to her. She was not stopped by the fact that Dmitry was married and had four children. The couple began dating secretly. Their relationship became obvious when the skater became pregnant.
In 2014, she gave birth to Dmitry’s daughter Nadezhda. Even then there was no point in continuing to hide the relationship. Dmitry Peskov divorced his wife and proposed to Tatyana Navka.
The wedding took place on August 1, 2015 in Sochi. It was a magnificent celebration to which politicians, pop and sports stars were invited. Now Tatyana Navka enjoys family happiness with her husband, but at the same time does not forget about her favorite job. She dreams of giving birth to another child for her beloved husband.
It seems to many that Dmitry Peskov and Tatyana Navka are quite different people from dissimilar walks of life. However, few people have doubts about the sincerity of their feelings. I would like to believe that this relationship will once again confirm the thesis that opposites attract.
Tatyana Navka now
The figure skater is not used to standing in one place, she is busy with her show, preparing new projects for the show. But her main concern is her daughter Nadezhda, who is six years old. The girl followed in her mother’s footsteps and is engaged in figure skating. On Instagram, Tatyana Navka reported that her daughter took third place in her age group at a competition in the Moscow region.
As Tatyana Navka herself admits, her main rival is herself. This circumstance pushes forward, stimulates development and learning new things. There are no small details or anything accidental in the work, so the skater pays maximum attention to them so that the viewer receives unforgettable emotions, and she gets satisfaction.
Youthful love
Tatyana decided on her future occupation very early. Already at the age of five, the girl began to engage in figure skating and continues to do so to this day. She took her first steps at the skating rink in Dnepropetrovsk. It was there that the famous figure skater Alexander Zhulin came to give several lessons to beginning athletes.
He was Tatyana’s idol and she wanted to get his autograph in every possible way. As a result, she accumulated more than ten of them. But Zhulin left, and Navka remained to train in Dnepropetrovsk.
A few years later, the girl was offered to improve her skills in Moscow. It was there that fate brought her together again with Alexander Zhulin. He became her coach. When the girl turned 18, she had to go to a training camp in France. She really hoped that Zhulin would accompany the team. And so it happened.
Already in France, a conversation took place between them. It turned out that the man had liked the young figure skater for a long time, but at that time he was married. But his marriage could not be called ideal and he, despite the fact that he was not yet divorced, invited Tatyana to live together.
