Dan Walker's Strictly Come Dancing dance partner Nadiya Bychkova's height, footballer boyfriend and

Publish date: 2024-08-15

Strictly Come Dancing’s Nadiya Bychkova is paired with Dan Walker for this year’s series and we’ve got all the information you need to know about the professional ballroom dancer.

Nadiya, 32, is a Ukrainian-Slovenian two-time World Champion and European Champion in ballroom and latin ‘10’ dance. She joined the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing back in 2017.

At the time, she said: “I’m extremely happy to be joining the Strictly Come Dancing family.

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“One of my biggest dreams is to be part of this great show and I can’t wait to get started.”

Her previous dance partners have been EastEnders actor Davood Ghadami, Blue’s Lee Ryan and former England goalkeeper David James.

Now, she’s paired with BBC Breakfast host and Sheffield resident. As many of you probably know, Dan is a bit of a giant so you’ll probably be wondering how tall Nadiya is.

For the record, the professional dancer, who has also taken part in the Bosnian version of Strictly, is 5ft 8in tall.

For those of you keen to know about Nadiya’s life away from the dancefloor we’ve had a little delve.

The dancer is in a relationship with Slovenian footballer Matija Škarabot. The 33-year-old defender made his first appearance on the field in 2009, while playing for Slovenia U21.

He then went on to play for the Slovenia national football team in October, 2010, for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches.

Matija has since played for other teams in both Croatia and Slovenia with the likes of Rijeka, Olimpija Ljubljana and Gorica appearing on his CV. The footballer and the Strictly star have a five-year-old daughter together.

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Since 2019, Matija has played for Slovenian football club Primorje.

We’ll keep you posted on Nadiya’s progress alongside Dan Walker during this year’s series of Strictly Come Dancing.

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