Tatiana Navka

Tatiana Navka
Tatiana Navka in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Tatyana Aleksandrovna Navka
Country represented	Russia
Former country(ies) represented	Belarus
Born	(1975-04-13) 13 April 1975 (age 41) Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
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 2006 Turin Ice dancing World Championships 2005 Moscow Ice dancing 2004 Dortmund Ice dancing European Championships 2006 Lyon Ice dancing 2005 Turin Ice dancing 2004 Budapest Ice dancing 2003 Malmö Ice dancing Grand Prix Final 2005–06 Tokyo Ice dancing 2004–05 Beijing Ice dancing 2003–04 Colorado Springs Ice dancing 2002–03 St. Petersburg Ice dancing

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.

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.

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.

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. 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.