Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Pasha Kovalev shot to fame on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing as one of the show's professional dancers and while he left in 2018, he is still a much-loved member of the Strictly family. The Russian ballroom dancer left Strictly in a bid to take on new challenges, after joining the BBC dance show in 2011. He won the Glitterball trophy once and made it to the final on another occasion.
However, it was meeting his now-wife Rachel Riley on the hit show that was his biggest win. Pasha and Rachel, 38, began dating back 2013 after competing on Strictly together. The happy couple married in Las Vegas in 2018 and reside in London together.
Months after they tied the knot , Rachel - who is famed for appearing on Channel 4's Countdown - and Pasha welcomed their first child, a daughter named Maven. In 2021, the couple's second daughter, Noa, was born. Rachel and Pasha regularly share snaps of their family life online and have opened up about their hectic life with their two daughters on several occasions.
Rachel, who was previously married to Jamie Gilbert, previously said she found being a mum "liberating" and praised Pasha's parenting skills. Speaking to OK! previously, the Channel 4 star said: "I’ve found it quite liberating. It makes you live in the moment a lot more.
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