Natalya Dmitrievna "Natasha" Stefanenko (Russian: РатальÑ
Ð"митриевна "Раташа" Стефаненко; born 18
April 1969) is a Russian-born italian actress, model, and television
presenter who lives and works in both Italy and Russia.Stefanenko was
born in Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk, the daughter of a nuclear
engineer who worked in a secret unnamed city underground, close to the
Ural Mountains. She lived with her family in a closed city and they
also owned a dacha beside a lake.Stefanenko was also a swimming
champion who swam with Alexander Popov; when she was a young girl she
swam 10 kilometres a day. In 1984, she almost joined the Soviet
Olympic swim team, but preferred to continue with her education. As it
turned out, the Soviet Union decided to boycott the 1984 Summer
Olympics which were held in Los Angeles.At the age of 16, Stefanenko
went to study in Moscow where she eventually earned a degree in Metal
Engineering.
Ð"митриевна "Раташа" Стефаненко; born 18
April 1969) is a Russian-born italian actress, model, and television
presenter who lives and works in both Italy and Russia.Stefanenko was
born in Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk, the daughter of a nuclear
engineer who worked in a secret unnamed city underground, close to the
Ural Mountains. She lived with her family in a closed city and they
also owned a dacha beside a lake.Stefanenko was also a swimming
champion who swam with Alexander Popov; when she was a young girl she
swam 10 kilometres a day. In 1984, she almost joined the Soviet
Olympic swim team, but preferred to continue with her education. As it
turned out, the Soviet Union decided to boycott the 1984 Summer
Olympics which were held in Los Angeles.At the age of 16, Stefanenko
went to study in Moscow where she eventually earned a degree in Metal
Engineering.
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