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Tatiana Navka in 2006
Personal information
Full name Tatyana Aleksandrovna Navka
Country represented  Russia
Former country(ies) represented  Soviet Union
 Belarus
Born (1975-04-13) 13 April 1975 (age 49)
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Residence Moscow, Russia
Height 1.70 m
Partner Roman Kostomarov
Former partner Samvel Gezalian (BLR)
Nikolai Morozov (BLR)
Former coach Alexander Zhulin
Natalia Linichuk
Gennadi Karponosov
Elena Tchaikovskaia
Natalia Dubova
Skating club SC Moskvich
Former training locations Moscow
Montclair, New Jersey
Hackensack, New Jersey
Simsbury, Connecticut
Began skating 1980
Retired 2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 227.81 (WR)
2005 Worlds
Comp. dance 45.97 (WR)
2005 Worlds
Original dance 68.67
2005 Worlds
Free dance 117.14 (WR)
2003 Cup of Russia
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Representing  Russia
Winter Olympics
Gold 2006 Turin Ice dancing
World Championships
Gold 2004 Dortmund Ice dancing
Gold 2005 Moscow Ice dancing
European Championships
Gold 2004 Budapest Ice dancing
Gold 2005 Turin Ice dancing
Gold 2006 Lyon Ice dancing
Bronze 2003 Malmö Ice dancing
Grand Prix Final
Gold 2003–04 Colorado Springs Ice dancing
Gold 2004–05 Beijing Ice dancing
Gold 2005–06 Tokyo Ice dancing
Silver 2002–03 St. Petersburg Ice dancing

Tatyana Aleksandrovna Navka (Russian: Татьяна Александровна Навка; born 13 April 1975) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer and wife of Dmitry Peskov. With her dance 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. She is the daughter of Raisa, an economist, and Aleksandr, an engineer, and has a younger sister, Natalia. In 1988, she moved to Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR.

Career

Early years in skating

Tatiana Navka became interested in skating at the age of five after seeing it on television. Tamara Yarchevskaya and Alexander Rozhin coached her during her early years as a single skater. In 1987, following a 14 cm growth spurt that hampered her jumps, her parents were advised that she should try ice dancing.

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 Samvel Gezalian. 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, 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. They earned an Olympic berth by winning gold at the 1997 Karl Schäfer Memorial. 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. 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. Following 1998 Worlds, Navka ended the partnership to compete with another skater.

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. 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. 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. They were coached by Alexander Zhulin in Hackensack and Montclair, New Jersey. Navka/Kostomarov won the World title in 2004 and again in 2005. They also won three European titles from 2004 to 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. In October 2011, she became a 2014 Winter Olympics (Sochi) ambassador.

Personal life

Navka became a citizen of Belarus by 1994 and of Russia no later than 2002. She formerly resided in New Jersey.

In 2000, Navka married Russian ice dancer Alexander Zhulin. Their daughter, Sasha, was born in May 2000 in the United States. The couple filed for divorce in the summer of 2009 and were officially divorced in July 2010.

Navka and Russian diplomat Dmitry Peskov, the press spokesman for Vladimir Putin, have a daughter, Nadezhda (Nadia), born in August 2014 in Russia. They married in a civil ceremony at a registry office in June 2015 before a larger ceremony on 1 August 2015.

In May 2020, Navka was hospitalized for COVID-19.

Sanctions

On 11 March 2022, Navka was included in the list of specially designated nationals sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury as part of the international sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War due to her being the family of Dmitry Peskov, who had been blacklisted earlier in March because of his key role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 3 June, she was sanctioned by the European Union. On 21 November, she was sanctioned by New Zealand.

She was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Programs

With Kostomarov

Season Original dance Free dance Exhibition
2005–06
  • Chilly Cha Cha
  • Rhumba:
  • Samba:
  • Sikuriadas
    by Inti-Illimani

  • Brick House
2004–05
  • Quickstep: Sing, Sing, Sing
  • Slow foxtrot: Fever
  • Quickstep: Sing, Sing, Sing
2003–04
  • Austin Powers
2002–03
  • Waltz: My Sweet and Tender Beast
    by Eugen Doga
  • March
2001–02
2000–01
  • Foxtrot: Fever
    by Peggy Lee
  • Quickstep: Dancin' Fool
1998–99

With Morozov

Season Original dance Free dance
1997–98
  • Rock 'n' roll: Do You Love Me
    by The Contours
1996–97
  • La cumparsita
    by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
  • Magda
    by René Aubry

With Gezalian

Season Original dance Free dance
1994–95
  • Scott and Fran's Paso Doble
    (from Strictly Ballroom)
    by David Hirschfelder
  • Tabú
    by Perez Prado
  • Moliendo Café
    by Hugo Blanco
1993–94
  • Rhumba: Historia de un Amor
    by Carlos Eleta Almarán
  • Scott and Fran's Paso Doble
    (from Strictly Ballroom)
    by David Hirschfelder
  • Tabú
    by Perez Prado
  • Moliendo Café
    by Hugo Blanco
1992–93 Viennese waltz
1991–92 Polka

Competitive highlights

GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix

With Kostomarov for Russia

Navka Kostomarov 04 NHK
Navka and Kostomarov at the 2004 NHK Trophy
International
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
Russian Championships 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st

With Morozov for Belarus

International
Event 1996–97 1997–98
Winter Olympics 16th
World Championships 14th 10th
European Championships 12th 10th
GP Cup of Russia 6th 3rd
GP Nations Cup 4th
Schäfer Memorial 1st
National
Belarusian Championships 1st 1st

With Gezalian for Belarus and the Soviet Union

International
Event 91–92 92–93 93–94 94–95
Winter Olympics 11th
World Championships 9th 5th 7th
European Championships 9th 10th 4th
Nations Cup 1st
NHK Trophy 7th 4th 2nd
Skate America 1st
Skate Canada 2nd
National
Belarusian Championships 1st
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