How many times was hockey player Alexander Ovechkin married?
Despite the fact that Ovechkin always emphasizes that he is very strict about family values, he could not avoid some mistakes. The athlete’s close friends call the first serious relationship an official civil marriage. The couple of Ovechkin and tennis player Maria Kirilenko failed to reach the registry office, although their engagement was officially announced.
Now Alexander Ovechkin is officially married for the first time. For his wife, Anastasia Shubskaya, this union was also the first.
Zhanna Friske
In 2007, Sasha was also credited with an affair with the lead singer of the group “Brilliant” Zhanna Friske, . The couple allegedly became close during the filming of another TV show in which both took part. Later, the couple was seen together more than once in Moscow. However, both Ovechkin and Friske denied rumors of a short romance. Then Victoria Lopyreva also made a refutation, saying that the hockey player and singer had no other relationship, only work or just friendship.
Zhanna Friske. 2010 Photo: RIA Novosti / Alexey Kudenko
First wife – Maria Kirilenko
Maria Kirilenko is a Russian tennis player, Russian beauty, Olympic bronze medalist. When the media began to write about the beginning of a romance between Kirilenko and Ovechkin, fans of both athletes were inspired. It seemed that this was an ideal union between two honored sports figures who understood each other perfectly.
How we met
Ovechkin met Kirilenko at a tennis tournament. Alexander approached Nadezhda Petrova to express words of support at a time when a close teammate, Maria Kirilenko, was standing nearby. Ovechkin asked the girl for her phone number. Mutual sympathy quickly grew into something more, they began to meet between competitions, came to each other, arranging surprises in this way.
Wedding and divorce
The development of relations between the two athletes was observed by Russian and world media. Maria and Alexander Ovechkin began to live together, after some time they announced their engagement. While the public was preparing for the grand wedding, a quarrel occurred between the lovers. They reported a breakup. Ovechkin's relationship with Kirilenko lasted about 1 year.
Does Alexander have children from his first marriage?
During their conscience life, the athletes failed to agree on children. Maria and Alexander in further interviews indirectly confirmed the journalists’ guess that both were not ready for a relationship.
Victoria Lopyreva
They wrote and talked a lot about Ovechkin’s romance with another model, Miss Russia 2003 Victoria Lopyreva . The couple often appeared at social events, and Vika was with Sasha not only in Russia, but also followed him to Washington, where he played hockey. But the romance did not last long. If you believe the words of the 30-year-old socialite, the attention of the press got in the way.
“When the whole world comes into your bed, it is impossible to maintain a relationship. We were being watched relentlessly. As soon as we went to the movies, the next morning “reports” were published in the newspapers: how many times we kissed, where he then took me... This happened not only in Moscow, but also in Washington,” the SPEEDinfo publication quotes Lopyreva.
Now, as we know, Victoria lives a happy family life with Dynamo Moscow football player Fedor Smolov , and the media is not a hindrance for them, but even the opposite.
Victoria Lopyreva at the opening of the 36th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow. year 2014. Photo: www.russianlook.com
Second wife - Anastasia Shubskaya
The beautiful Anastasia Shubskaya, the daughter of Vera Glagoleva and Kirill Shubsky, became the official wife of the hockey player. Despite her model appearance and her father’s ability to make her life fabulous, Nastya achieved a lot on her own. Before meeting Ovechkin, she planned to build a career as a producer. The development of a relationship with an athlete forced her to completely reconsider her priorities. Shubskaya agreed that the main thing is to create a big family. The Ovechkins are doing everything to make this dream come true.
Biography and appearance
Nastasya Shubskaya is a girl who, as journalists say, “was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.” This expression completely describes the current situation, as well as the unusual family into which Nastya was born.
Nastasya Shubskaya has been a charming brown-eyed girl since childhood. Her doll-like appearance combined with her steely character left no one indifferent. In the family of my mother, Vera Glagoleva, Nastasya was adored. Throughout his childhood, his father remained an unquestioned authority. The daughter was able to start arguing with him only when she grew up.
Who are the girl's parents?
When they started talking about Nastasya Shubskaya as Ovechkin’s potential wife, the question immediately arose about whose daughter she was. For many, the union of the daughter of a film actress and director with a hockey athlete seemed strange. Nastya’s mother, a talented film actress and director of many films, Vera Glagoleva, personally approved of this union. Later, a blessing for the marriage was received from Nastya’s father, businessman Kirill Shubsky.
It so happened that from early childhood, Nastya was surrounded by numerous relatives: older sisters, mother’s daughters from her first marriage to Rodion Nakhapetov, grandmothers, grandfathers, numerous aunts and uncles on her father’s side. This left its mark on Nastya’s future views. After her mother's death, she vowed that she would create a large, strong, loving family, where each family member would be treated with understanding.
Early years and youth
Since childhood, Nastya has been involved in various sports and arts. She excelled a little at tennis, then learned to skate, then became interested in ballet. She even wanted to become a ballerina, following the example of her older sister, Anna Nakhapetova. She danced on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater. Shubskaya studied at a ballet school, but, despite having natural abilities, she decided to leave this activity. Exercises near the machine seemed slow and boring to her.
Vera Glagoleva often took her daughter with her to various film festivals; the girl liked the acting profession, but she did not know in what role she intended to realize herself. By the age of 15, Nastasya graduated from school as an external student; she wanted to quickly enter VGIK. Therefore, Shubskaya was intensively engaged in preparation, while simultaneously mastering the profession of a model.
Acting career and modeling business
At the age of 16, Shubskaya entered the production department of VGIK. By the end of her first year, Nastasya decided to move from her home to an empty apartment in the center of Moscow. From there it was more convenient for her to get to her place of study. According to Nastya, this step made her more independent. Simultaneously with her studies, Shubskaya worked part-time. Nastasya took part in several fashion shows, became the face of one of the young designer brands and did a lot of photo shoots.
During these years, Nastasya starred in a cameo role in the film Ca de Bou, and also took part in Vera Glagoleva’s film Ferris Wheel. Then, until 2011, she starred in the series “A Woman Wants to Know...”.
For some time, Shubskaya appeared at Russian Silhouette shows, then collaborated with American magazines. After graduation, Anastasia took courses at an acting school in Los Angeles and returned to her homeland with a great desire to plunge into the world of the film industry.
Meeting with your future spouse
Few people know, but the future spouses met when Nastya just turned 14 years old. Her father, a successful businessman, was among the trustees who served on the 2008 Olympic Committee. On one of his trips, to Beijing, he took his daughter with him. Russian athletes had a tradition of appearing in the Russian House in the evenings; even members of the hockey team adhered to it.
Ovechkin was introduced to 14-year-old Nastya, and he jokingly invited her to dance. This is how they met. Then the paths of the future spouses completely diverged. They started communicating again on Instagram a few years later. Ovechkin appreciated one of the photographs of the matured beauty and wrote a comment. Nastya answered, a few days later they exchanged phone numbers - this is how their telephone romance began. Shubskaya admits that they could talk for hours, then corresponded in instant messengers, both had a feeling of complete presence in each other’s lives.
A personal meeting took place in Los Angeles, where Nastasya flew to study. Ovechkin invited Shubskaya on a date, and since then they have never parted.
Wedding and family life
Mom was the first to arrive to find out what was happening. She stayed with the young people for 3 days, then flew home when she decided that Ovechkin could be entrusted with her daughter. The relationship between Nastasya and Alexander developed along an ascending line. In the second half of 2015, Ovechkin asked the parents of his beloved girl for her hand in marriage. An official engagement took place, then the lovers registered their marriage. The wedding had to be postponed due to the fact that Alexander Ovechkin began serious preparations for the World Championship.
A grand celebration took place on the territory of Barvikha on July 8, 2017. Barvikha Hall and SPA opened its doors to the world hockey star and his guests. The celebration hall was decorated using only three components: mirrors, crystal, flowers. Among the guests were stars of cinema, music, sports and politics.
The wedding became one of the most memorable events of the year. Nastasya Shubskaya showed off 3 stunning outfits and also performed several songs, dedicating them to her husband. Ovechkin was congratulated by the Russian President by telephone. Show business stars entertained guests from the stage. Ovechkin invited Basta and the Leningrad group to the wedding, and the Boni M group came from America. The final step was cutting the cake. It was a 3-meter structure that had to be transported to the hall on a special cart. After the wedding, the newlyweds left for America, Alexander Ovechkin needed to prepare for the next season.
The tragic death of Nastya's mother - Vera Glagoleva
1.5 months after her daughter’s wedding, Vera Glagoleva passed away. No one around her, except for her closest relatives, had any idea that the actress and director was seriously ill. For several years she unsuccessfully fought stomach cancer. Vera did everything possible and impossible to attend the wedding of her youngest daughter and not give the impression of a sick woman. Nobody knows what it cost.
Despite the disappointing forecasts, the family believed in the best. The best clinics and the best doctors were involved in the treatment. Vera did everything that was asked of her. She underwent several operations and underwent chemotherapy sessions. The news of her death came as a blow to many. Until recently, the daughters did not believe in such an outcome, despite the fact that they were nearby or were ready to come at one call.
Anastasia Shubskaya had a hard time experiencing the death of her mother. According to her, her husband helped her avoid falling into a hole of depression. He was constantly nearby, and after a while the couple found out that they were expecting a child.
Pregnancy and childbirth
The Ovechkins' first son was born on August 18, exactly a year after the death of Vera Glagoleva. Alexander was present at the birth and constantly supported his wife. The American clinic provided luxurious conditions. The mother and baby's performance was excellent, so they were sent home the day after birth.
Nastasya managed to quickly get into shape, she practiced massage, body wraps and followed a diet. Ovechkin was completely immersed in fatherhood, he helped with the baby, happily took pictures for the family album, and constantly thanked his wife for the happiness he had given him.
Some time after the birth of her son Sergei, Nastasya found out that she was pregnant again. The second pregnancy was easier than the first. In the second half of May 2021, the Ovechkins gave birth to their youngest son, Ilya.
Anastasia Shubskaya now
Today Anastasia Ovechkina is the mother of two sons. She is in excellent physical shape and enjoys taking care of children. Alexander Ovechkin helps with everything. Recently, his father put his eldest son on the ice. Ovechkin hopes that one of his children will follow in his footsteps and become a professional athlete.
