Childhood
The TV presenter’s mother is an engineer by training, she graduated from MEPhI and did not work in her specialty for long.
After that, she went into the hotel business. Julia's dad works as a professional simultaneous interpreter. As a child, Julia dreamed of becoming a doctor. She treated everyone who came to visit the family. The girl had many toy pharmacies, and she constantly “gave injections” to everyone she could. Until the ninth grade, Yulia was sure that she would go into medicine.
Julia herself has been interested in sports since childhood. In 1986, she graduated from the Olympic Reserve Sports School and, by the way, became a candidate for Master of Sports in basketball.
“At school they didn’t want to accept me into the team. I was a dissident, an anti-Soviet. I wore things that dad brought from trips abroad, and I liked it. I wore what my mother knitted; she knitted half of Moscow. Only boys were friends with me, but not girls. I know that the class now meets periodically, but they don’t call me. It is not right. It seems to my classmates that I will either fly in my own helicopter or arrive from a limousine full of security guards. And this is not true,” says the TV presenter.
In her youth, Bordovskikh played in the Dynamo team and even won the championship of the central council of the society. But Julia did not connect her life with sports; at one point she decided to radically change her field of activity and went into journalism.
Childhood and youth
The future TV presenter was born in the city of Samara (then Kuibyshev) on July 5, 1969. The girl’s mother worked as an engineer and then went into the hotel business, while her father worked as a simultaneous translator from French. Yulia Bordovskikh has an older sister on her father's side.
TV presenter Yulia Bordovskikh
Since childhood, Yulia Bordovskikh was seriously interested in sports; the girl was even destined for a sports career. She earned a Candidate Master of Sports degree in basketball and even graduated from the Olympic Reserve School. Such serious sporting achievements could not but affect Julia’s character. Later, the TV presenter admits that sports discipline strengthened character and willpower, teaching her to set goals and go towards them.
Yulia Bordovskikh in her youth
After graduating from school, Yulia Bordovskikh entered Moscow State University to study journalism. Admission, and even the first year, was difficult for the girl - the schedule of the sports school, in which the main subjects were far from humanitarian, had an impact.
However, the winning character instilled on the sports fields helped Yulia cope with unusual workloads and equal her classmates in academic performance. In addition to studying, Yulia continued to play basketball, already for the university team. In 1991, the walls of Moscow State University were left behind, and the following year the girl was invited to host news broadcasts on Radio Maximum.
Journalist career
Bordovskikh entered the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. True, with difficulty, but on her own. The future TV presenter girl barely completed her first year, due to her studies at a sports school, where the main subject was not Russian language and literature. However, already in the next courses Yulia caught up with her fellow students. Bordovskikh graduated from Moscow State University in 1991. By the way, during her studies the student did not forget about her passion for the ball; she played for the university basketball team throughout the years. The athlete was the main point guard.
Journalist and TV presenter Yulia Bordovskikh
A year after graduating from university, Yulia Bordovskikh got a job on the radio. She dedicated two years of her life to “Maximum”. There she oversaw musical, theatrical and film life. And in 1994, the young journalist began working as a sports commentator on NTV. She was invited to the television company by Leonid Parfenov and Anna Dmitrieva. And within a few months the girl was appointed sports commentator for the “Today” program. She broadcast on NTA and NTV Plus. Sport". There the girl supervised artistic gymnastics and the Olympic movement.
By the way, before reaching the sports editorial office, Yulia Bordovskikh worked for some time for Leonid Parfenov in the “Namedni” program. However, the girl realized that one person’s program was not for her and left to storm other peaks.
Biography
Born on July 5, 1969 in Samara[3] (then Kuibyshev). His mother worked as an engineer, his father as a publisher and simultaneous translator from French[4]. In 1986 she graduated from the Olympic Reserve Sports School[5].
In 1991 she graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University[6], newspaper department[7]. While studying at the university, she played for the Moscow State University basketball team for 5 years as the main point guard[8].
Her first note was published in Sobesednik[9]. Since 1992, she worked as a newscaster at the Maximum radio station[10]. She completed an internship with Anna Dmitrieva and Sergei Cheskidov in the “Arena” program of Russian television[11].
On television since 1994[12]. This year, the Bordovskys are invited to work by the author and presenter of the “Namedni” program Leonid Parfenov and sports commentator Anna Dmitrieva[1]. After working in Parfenov’s program for a month, Yulia goes to work at the NTV Sports Program Service[13].
From April 1994[10] to April 2001 - sports news presenter in the “Today” program on the NTV channel. From November 1996 to November 1997, together with other colleagues on the NTV-Plus sports channel, she also hosted the daily review television program “Distance 60” on NTV.
From November 1996 to the fall of 2002, she hosted programs on NTV-Plus Sport. On the same channel she oversaw the areas of artistic gymnastics[14] and the Olympic movement[15][16]. In 1998, she was part of the team of NTV and NTV-Plus television channels that covered the World Cup in France[17][18]. As a sports journalist, she also worked at the 1998[19] and 2000 Olympic Games (including in the Sydney 2000 television magazine)[20].
In April 2001, she stopped cooperating with the NTV television company and moved to TV-6 along with a group of other journalists who did not accept the new leadership[21][22]. From May 2001 to January 2002 - presenter of sports news in the “Now” program (originally the program was called “Today on TV-6”) and live broadcasts from the rock festival “Invasion-2001” (paired with Grigory Krichevsky)[23] [24]. Together with Vladimir Solovyov she hosted the New Year’s show “Venice in Moscow”[25].
Subsequently, due to the collapse of TV-6, on the on-air version of the NTV-Plus Sport channel, which broadcast according to a temporary schedule on 6 TVKs in Moscow, she hosted her own program “New Day with Yulia Bordovskikh” [26] (this program was originally created for TV-6[27] and was preparing for release on February 1, 2002)[28].
In June 2002, she returned to NTV to work in sports news along with the rest of the previous presenters[29][30]. In the fall of 2002, she moved from the staff of NTV-Plus CJSC to the staff of NTV Television Company OJSC in order to begin work on new television projects [31][32][33]. From February 2003[34] to September 2004, she hosted the information program “Country and World” on the NTV channel[35] together with Anton Khrekov[36].
In September 2004, together with Mikhail Kozyrev, she hosted the charity marathon “SOS Suffering”[37] on NTV, conducted by the radio station “Our Radio” to help families affected by the terrorist attack in Beslan[38]. In the fall of 2004, not for a very long time, Bordovskikh hosted the talk show “Short Encounters” on the same TV channel[39]. After several issues, this television project was sent for revision, but was never resumed in the future[40][41]. Then, in 2005, she hosted the talk show “For You”[42][43], and in 2006-2010 - the program “This Morning” on NTV[13][44].
In 2010, Bordovskikh left television and became a press attache for Bosco Sport, the official outfitter of the Russian Olympic teams[45], as well as editor-in-chief of Boscomagazine magazine[46]. In 2013-2017, she was the development director of the Premier Medica clinic[1][47].
Since the end of the summer of 2020, she has been permanently residing in the United States, where her daughter Maria is studying[48]. According to his own statement, in the USA Bordovskikh works in the wellness industry, producing products from superfoods (a new generation of vitamins), and is studying to be a health coach, motivating people to commit to a healthy lifestyle[49].
Yulia Bordovskikh is also the author of two books: “Fitness with Pleasure” (2004) and “Fitness for Two” (2006)[50].
Transition to TV-6
In 2001, Yulia Bordovskikh left the sports editorial office of the NTV channel and, together with colleagues who did not accept the new management, moved to TV-6. NTV Bordovskikh had a hard time going through the crisis.
“It was very difficult. It was as if I lived in the house and knew absolutely everything about it. But suddenly the move came. Speaking figuratively. The wound in my soul has not yet healed. NTV became a new company in a new country. There were no Soviet relations, like other channels that survived the Soviet Union. Everyone at NTV knew that there would be no need to squeeze in a trip abroad. Everyone could afford a European-level human dinner,” says the TV presenter.
In 2000, Bordovskikh began acting in commercials. Her first job was filming the “Pepsi light” video.
After the collapse of TV-6, Yulia Bordovskikh moved to NTV Plus. She was in charge of the author’s program “New Day with Yulia Bordovskikh”.
In 2002, the TV presenter already appeared on wide screens. She played the main role in the film “Sunstroke” by Rudolf Fruntov. In total, the girl has three films to her credit. In 2003, she appeared in an episode of the series “Guys from Our Yard”, and in 2011 Julia starred in the episodic role of a journalist in the film “Generation P”.
In 2004, Bordovskikh went on air on NTV as the host of the charity telethon “SOS Suffering”, which was held by the radio station “Our Radio”. The marathon was organized to help families affected by the terrorist attack in Beslan.
Biography[ | ]
Born on July 5, 1969 in Samara[3] (then Kuibyshev). His mother worked as an engineer, his father as a publisher and simultaneous translator from French[4]. In 1986 she graduated from the Olympic Reserve Sports School[5].
In 1991 she graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University[6], newspaper department[7]. While studying at the university, she played for the Moscow State University basketball team for 5 years as the main point guard[8].
Her first note was published in Sobesednik[9]. Since 1992, she worked as a newscaster at the Maximum radio station[10]. She completed an internship with Anna Dmitrieva and Sergei Cheskidov in the “Arena” program of Russian television[11].
On television since 1994[12]. This year, the Bordovskys are invited to work by the author and presenter of the “Namedni” program Leonid Parfenov and sports commentator Anna Dmitrieva[1]. After working in Parfenov’s program for a month, Yulia goes to work at the NTV Sports Program Service[13].
From April 1994[10] to April 2001 - sports news presenter in the “Today” program on the NTV channel. From November 1996 to November 1997, together with other colleagues on the NTV-Plus sports channel, she also hosted the daily review television program “Distance 60” on NTV.
From November 1996 to the fall of 2002, she hosted programs on NTV-Plus Sport. On the same channel she oversaw the areas of artistic gymnastics[14] and the Olympic movement[15][16]. In 1998, she was part of the team of NTV and NTV-Plus television channels that covered the World Cup in France[17][18]. As a sports journalist, she also worked at the 1998[19] and 2000 Olympic Games (including in the Sydney 2000 television magazine)[20].
In April 2001, she stopped cooperating with the NTV television company and moved to TV-6 along with a group of other journalists who did not accept the new leadership[21][22]. From May 2001 to January 2002 - presenter of sports news in the “Now” program (originally the program was called “Today on TV-6”) and live broadcasts from the rock festival “Invasion-2001” (paired with Grigory Krichevsky)[23] [24]. Together with Vladimir Solovyov she hosted the New Year’s show “Venice in Moscow”[25].
Subsequently, due to the collapse of TV-6, on the on-air version of the NTV-Plus Sport channel, which broadcast according to a temporary schedule on 6 TVKs in Moscow, she hosted her own program “New Day with Yulia Bordovskikh” [26] (this program was originally created for TV-6[27] and was preparing for release on February 1, 2002)[28].
In June 2002, she returned to NTV to work in sports news along with the rest of the previous presenters[29][30]. In the fall of 2002, she moved from the staff of NTV-Plus CJSC to the staff of NTV Television Company OJSC in order to begin work on new television projects [31][32][33]. From February 2003[34] to September 2004, she hosted the information program “Country and World” on the NTV channel[35] together with Anton Khrekov[36].
In September 2004, together with Mikhail Kozyrev, she hosted the charity marathon “SOS Suffering”[37] on NTV, conducted by the radio station “Our Radio” to help families affected by the terrorist attack in Beslan[38]. In the fall of 2004, not for a very long time, Bordovskikh hosted the talk show “Short Encounters” on the same TV channel[39]. After several issues, this television project was sent for revision, but was never resumed in the future[40][41]. Then, in 2005, she hosted the talk show “For You”[42][43], and in 2006-2010 - the program “This Morning” on NTV[13][44].
In 2010, Bordovskikh left television and became a press attache for Bosco Sport, the official outfitter of the Russian Olympic teams[45], as well as editor-in-chief of Boscomagazine magazine[46]. In 2013-2017, she was the development director of the Premier Medica clinic[1][47].
Since the end of the summer of 2020, she has been permanently residing in the United States, where her daughter Maria is studying[48]. According to his own statement, in the USA Bordovskikh works in the wellness industry, producing products from superfoods (a new generation of vitamins), and is studying to be a health coach, motivating people to commit to a healthy lifestyle[49].
Yulia Bordovskikh is also the author of two books: “Fitness with Pleasure” (2004) and “Fitness for Two” (2006)[50].
Books by Yulia Bordovskikh
Yulia Bordovskikh has published three books. In 2004, the publication “Fitness with Pleasure” was published from her pen. Three years later, the book “Fitness for Two” appeared, but the journalist dedicated her next creation to love: in 2008, the book “Space of Love” was published.
Julia says she was inspired to sit down to read a book by a vivid personal experience. After this, the girl immediately wanted to describe everything, so the first story followed. After its completion, Bordovskikh called her editor from the EKSMO publishing house. He replied that he needed a book. As a result, she was written and published.
Personal life of Yulia Bordovskikh
Yulia Bordovskikh is married. Her chosen one is the President of the Russian Skating Union Alexey Kravtsov. The couple has a growing son, Fedor, who was born in 2008. However, the TV presenter has an eldest daughter, Maria, who was born in 1999. The celebrity hid the name of the baby’s father for a long time, but it still became known that Marusya was the fruit of love between an athlete and a young banker named Ivan Bronov. Julia is also raising her husband’s son from her first marriage.
With warmth, Yulia Bordovskikh remembers her first feelings. The TV presenter first fell in love as a schoolgirl. In the sports class, one of the basketball players, a boy from Zelenograd, took a liking to the blonde. But the girl, the leader of the basketball team, liked the young athlete, and when she found out that the object of her affections preferred Yulia, she declared a boycott of her, and with the whole class. In his conditions, Bordovskikh studied, trained and lived for two years. The relationship with her lover had to be hidden so as not to aggravate the situation of the future celebrity.
Yulia Bordovskikh posed nude for the popular men's publication Playboy. And after filming, she is not at all afraid of the influx of fans and, especially, maniacs. After all, the girl practically never appears on the street.
With husband Alexey Kravtsov
She goes to work by car from her garage and returns there in the evening, so she is not afraid of surprise from men. By the way, it’s mostly women who are looking for meetings with the famous TV presenter. They are all confident that Bordovskikh is able to solve their problems.
Personal life of the Bordovskys
Yulia's first marriage to financier Ivan Bronov was not officially registered, although the couple considered themselves a family. In 1999, their daughter Maria was born. After some time, the couple separated.
The second husband of the blond beauty was Alexey Kravtsov. He heads the Skating Union and is also involved in business. In 2008, Julia gave birth to Alexey’s son, Fyodor.
In 2001, Julia starred in a candid photo shoot for the men's magazine Playboy. To questions regarding an ideal appearance, she answers that the main secret lies in a healthy lifestyle, not cosmetics.
