Roman Kostomarov is one of the leading Russian figure skating athletes. In his piggy bank many awards of the championship of Russia, the world and Europe. He is the winner of the 2006 Olympics in Turin. Currently, the skater left his career and became a member of sports TV shows.
Biography of Roman Kostomarov
The star of Russian figure skating Roman Sergeyevich Kostomarov was born in Moscow on February 8, 1977 in a simple working family. Roman’s mother and father were not involved in a sports career. Mother worked as a cook, father - an electrician. The family lived in the textile workers. Since childhood, the novel was an active and lively child, dreamed of playing sports. He tried swimming and gymnastics, but everywhere was refused. The boy could not do gymnastics because of his age, and he was denied swimming for no apparent reason.
Knowing Roman’s desire to play sports, his mother’s girlfriend, who worked as a doctor in the Ice Palace of the AZLK, helped him enter the figure skating group. His first mentor is Lidia Karavaeva, who quickly noticed a promising young skater. At first, Roman did not like this sport and told all his friends that he was engaged in hockey. After a couple of years of training, the young man began to perform in the group of the Theater on Ice, where Lidia Karavaeva saw him. She invited the boy to her group.
The beginning of a sports career
Lidia Karavaeva put Roman in pair with her daughter Catherine. Skaters have been together for more than 10 years. Together with Katya Roman becomes the world champion among juniors in 1996. But not everything in his career was so smooth. There was a period when Roman was about to quit sports and began to skip training, citing illness. However, the intervention of his mother returned the young man to the big sport.
In 1998, Roman Kostomarov transferred to the group of Natalia Lynchuk. Her group was engaged in America, and Natalya invited Roman to go with her. After much thought, the athlete agreed. Roman lived and trained in Delaware, USA. Natalia paired him with Tatyana Navka. The duet did not bring good results and the couple was disbanded. Roman has a new partner - Anna Semenovich, unknown to anyone at that time. But this duet was also dissolved. The couple often quarreled, which interfered with fruitful training.
The heyday of Roman Kostomarov’s career
In 2000, Roman began to ride again with Tatyana Navka. The couple began to train with the wife of Tatyana Alexander Zhulin. The guys began to quickly climb the career ladder. A year later, at the championship in Salt Lake City, they took 10th place. At the same time, they become champions of Russia, securing the status of the first couple in ice dancing in the country.
True success for Roman and Tatiana comes after participating in the 2004 World Cup in Dortmund, where they take first place. In 2006, the guys became participants in the Turin Olympics. For performing in a free dance, the couple received a gold medal. After gold at the Olympics, the couple decided to end their sports careers. Since that time, Roman takes part in the television show of Ilya Averbukh.
In 2007, Roman was offered the role of skater in the series "Hot Ice". In 2010, the athlete starred in two films “Close Enemy” and “On Treason”.
