Tatiana Navka
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Full name | Tatyana Aleksandrovna Navka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 13 April 1975|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Partner | Roman Kostomarov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | SC Moskvich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tatyana Aleksandrovna Navka (Russian: Татьяна Александровна Навка, born 13 April 1975) is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Roman Kostomarov, she is the 2006 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (2004–05), a three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2003–05), and a three-time European champion (2004–06). Earlier in her career, she competed for the Soviet Union and Belarus.
Early life
Tatiana Navka was born on 13 April 1975 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.[1] She is the daughter of Raisa, an economist, and Aleksandr, an engineer, and has a younger sister, Natalia.[2][3] In 1988, she moved to Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR.[3][4]
Career
Early years in skating
Tatiana Navka became interested in skating at the age of five after seeing it on television.[5] Tamara Yarchevskaya and Alexander Rozhin coached her during her early years as a single skater.[3] In 1987, following a 14 cm growth spurt that hampered her jumps, her parents were advised that she should try ice dancing.[3]
Partnership with Gezalian
In 1988, at the invitation of Russian coach Natalia Dubova, Navka relocated to Moscow and began training at the Moskvich sports club, partnered with Samuel Gezalian.[3] The two represented the Soviet Union early in their career, winning gold at the 1991 Skate America and 1991 Nations Cup. Following the country's dissolution, Navka/Gezalian chose to skate for Belarus. They placed ninth in their debut at the European and World Championships, in 1993.
In the 1993–94 season, Navka/Gezalian won silver at the 1993 Skate Canada International and placed fourth at the 1993 NHK Trophy. They competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, placing 11th, before achieving their career-best Worlds result, fifth at the 1994 World Championships in Chiba, Japan. In 1994–95, Navka/Gezalian won silver at the 1994 NHK Trophy and went on to achieve their best European result, fourth, at the 1995 European Championships in Dortmund. Their partnership came to an end following the 1995 World Championships, where they placed seventh.
Partnership with Morozov
Navka teamed up with Nikolai Morozov in 1996,[6] continuing to represent Belarus. At their first practice at the 1997 World Championships, Morozov sustained a torn meniscus in his knee but they finished 14th at the event and he then underwent surgery.[6] They earned an Olympic berth by winning gold at the 1997 Karl Schäfer Memorial.[6] 90 seconds into their free dance at the 1998 Winter Olympics, nearly three-quarters of the floodlights turned off but Navka/Morozov did not interrupt their performance.[7] They finished 16th at the Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and 10th at the 1998 World Championships in Minneapolis. They were coached by Alexander Zhulin and Bob Young at the International Skating Center in Simsbury, Connecticut.[8] Following 1998 Worlds, Navka ended the partnership to compete with another skater.[6]
Partnership with Kostomarov
Navka then teamed up with Roman Kostomarov and began competing for Russia during the 1998–99 season. They were coached by Natalia Linichuk.[9] They won the bronze medal at the Russian Championships and were sent to the World Championships in their first season together, placing 12th. Linichuk then dissolved the team and paired Kostomarov with Anna Semenovich.[9] Navka became pregnant with her daughter and took a year off from competition.
In mid-2000, Kostomarov called Navka and asked to skate with her again.[1] They were coached by Alexander Zhulin in Hackensack and Montclair, New Jersey.[10][1][9] Navka/Kostomarov won the World title in 2004 and again in 2005. They also won three European titles from 2004–2006. They then won gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. At the age of 30 years and 313 days, she became one of the oldest female figure skating Olympic champions.
Navka/Kostomarov retired from competition after the Olympics but continue to skate in shows together.
Later career
Navka has partnered with Russian celebrities to compete in Channel One Russia ice shows: Stars On Ice, which she won with actor Marat Basharov, and Ice Age, in which she was runner-up with actor Ville Haapasalo. In the 2008–09 season of Ice Age, she was runner-up for the second time, partnered with actor Vadim Kolganov.
In September 2008, Navka, together with professional dancer Alexander Litvinenko, took part in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008.[11] In October 2011, she became a 2014 Winter Olympics (Sochi) ambassador.[12]
Personal life
Navka became a citizen of Belarus by 1994 and of Russia no later than 2002.[13] She formerly resided in New Jersey.[1]
In 2000, Navka married Russian ice dancer Alexander Zhulin.[1] Their daughter, Sasha, was born in May 2000 in the United States.[1][4] The couple filed for divorce in the summer of 2009, with Zhulin publicly confirming their divorce in October 2010.[14]
Navka and Russian diplomat Dmitry Peskov, the press spokesman for Vladimir Putin, have a daughter, Nadezhda (Nadia), born in August 2014 in Russia.[15][4] They married in a civil ceremony at a registry office in June 2015 before a larger ceremony on 1 August 2015.[16][17]
Controversy
From 2014 to 2015, Navka was the beneficiary of Carina Global Assets Ltd., an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands.[16][18]
In 2016, Navka caused controversy when she and her dancing partner, Andrei Burkovsky, appeared in the Russian version of Dancing on Ice dressed as Holocaust concentration camp prisoners.[19][20][21]
Programs
With Kostomarov
Season | Original dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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2005–06 [1] |
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2004–05 [22] |
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2003–04 [23] |
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2002–03 [24] |
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2001–02 [25][26] |
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2000–01 [26][10] |
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1998–99 [26] |
With Morozov
Season | Original dance | Free dance |
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1997–98 |
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1996–97 |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix
With Kostomarov for Russia
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Navka_Kostomarov_04_NHK.jpg/200px-Navka_Kostomarov_04_NHK.jpg)
International[27] | |||||||
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Event | 98–99 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 |
Olympics | 10th | 1st | |||||
Worlds | 12th | 12th | 8th | 4th | 1st | 1st | |
Europeans | 11th | 9th | 7th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
GP Final | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||
GP Bompard | 1st | ||||||
GP Cup of China | 1st | 1st | |||||
GP Cup of Russia | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
GP NHK Trophy | 5th | 6th | 2nd | ||||
GP Skate America | 4th | 2nd | |||||
GP Skate Canada | 1st | ||||||
Goodwill Games | 3rd | ||||||
National[28] | |||||||
Russian Champ. | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
With Morozov for Belarus
International[29] | ||
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Event | 1996–97 | 1997–98 |
Winter Olympics | 16th | |
World Championships | 14th | 10th |
European Champ. | 12th | 10th |
GP Cup of Russia | 6th | 3rd |
GP Nations Cup | 4th | |
Schäfer Memorial | 1st | |
National[29] | ||
Belarusian Champ. | 1st | 1st |
With Gezalian for Belarus and the Soviet Union
International[30] | ||||
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Event | 91–92 | 92–93 | 93–94 | 94–95 |
Winter Olympics | 11th | |||
World Championships | 9th | 5th | 7th | |
European Champ. | 9th | 10th | 4th | |
Nations Cup | 1st | |||
NHK Trophy | 7th | 4th | 2nd | |
Skate America | 1st | |||
Skate Canada | 2nd | |||
National[30] | ||||
Belarusian Champ. | 1st |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Tatiana NAVKA / Roman KOSTOMAROV: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 August 2006.
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- ^ a b c d e "Мемория. Татьяна Навка". polit.ru (in Russian). 13 April 2015.
- ^ a b c Kostina, Elena (October 2014). "Татьяна Навка: первые фотографии с дочкой" [Tatiana Navka: First photos with daughter]. 7days.ru (in Russian).
- ^ Mittan, Barry (26 August 2003). "Navka and Kostomarov Close to World Dance Podium". GoldenSkate. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Hine, Tommy (17 February 1998). "Navka, Morozov Light Up The Dark". Hartford Courant.
- ^ Hine, Tommy (6 February 1998). "Skating Center Athletes". Hartford Courant.
- ^ a b "Tatiana NAVKA / Roman KOSTOMAROV: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2001.
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- ^ Gold, David (28 October 2011). "Navka unveiled as Sochi 2014 ambassador". InsideTheGames. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ Unlike most skating competitions, the Olympics require that competitors be citizens of the country they are representing. Consequently, it is likely that Navka was granted Belarusian citizenship by 1994 and retained it until 1998, if not later (she competed for Belarus at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics). She was a Russian citizen by 2002 as she represented Russia at that year's Winter Olympics.
- ^ "Жулин: Мы официально развелись с Навкой" [Zhulin: Navka and I are officially divorced] (in Russian). Life News. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Olympic Skating Champion to Marry Russian President Putin's Spokesman". The Moscow Times. 16 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Dmitry Peskov - The Panama Papers". Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. April 2016.
- ^ Oliphant, Ronald (3 August 2015). "Vladimir Putin's spokesman in luxury watch scandal". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ Harding, Luke (4 April 2016). "Kremlin dismisses revelations in Panama Papers as 'Putinphobia'". The Guardian.
- ^ "Holocaust TV skating routine draws anger". Bbc.com. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ Staff, Our Foreign (30 November 2016). "Vladimir Putin spokesman's wife sparks outrage with 'Holocaust-on-ice' dance routine". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ Allen, Gavin (27 November 2016). "Russian Strictly Come Dancing's super-intense SS guard routine". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ "Tatiana NAVKA / Roman KOSTOMAROV: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 April 2005.
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- ^ a b "Tatiana NAVKA / Nikolai MOROZOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016.
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External links
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- Russian female ice dancers
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- Russian people of Ukrainian descent
- Olympic figure skaters of Belarus
- Olympic figure skaters of Russia
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- Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
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- Goodwill Games medalists in figure skating
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