Sabalenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player ranked No. 2 in the world as of January 2024; Koltsov is a former ice hockey player who competed in two Olympic Games.
Sabalenka has been playing tennis since she was 6 years old. The athlete, who appeared in Netflix’s Break Point tennis docuseries, won her first Grand Slam women’s singles title at the Australian Open in 2023.
“Congratulations again my love,” Koltsov wrote on Instagram following Sabalenka’s second-consecutive Australian Open win in January 2024.
So, who is Konstantin Koltsov? Here’s everything to know about Aryna Sabalenka’s boyfriend.
He is a former professional ice hockey player
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Koltsov played professional ice hockey for 18 years, where he competed in the IIHF World Championships and the Winter Olympics in 2002 and 2010 for Belarus. He also briefly played in the NHL for the Pittsburgh Penguins for three seasons after he was drafted by the team in 1999. Koltsov later played for the Kontinental Hockey League from 2008 to 2016.
He is from Belarus
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The ice hockey player is from Minsk, Belarus — the same city Sabalenka was born in, according to her WTA profile.
He and Sabalenka were first linked in June 2021
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Sabalenka and Koltsov became Instagram official in June 2021. On June 19, she shared a picture of Koltsov kissing her on the cheek as she smiled at the camera.
“It’s good when there is someone who is able to understand my madness😅,” the tennis player wrote in the caption, adding, “but you won’t get bored with me, right @koltsov2021 ? 🤣❤️.”
He and Sabalenka love traveling together
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In May 2022, Sabalenka and Koltsov traveled around Rome, Italy, together. She posted several photos from the trip on Instagram of the couple posing in front of the Coliseum and the Trevi Fountain, as well as eating gelato together.
The couple also visited Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in July 2022. Sabalenka shared a photo of herself in a green bikini holding Koltsov’s hand, as he wrapped his other arm around her waist. “Having fun on the beach 🏝,” she wrote in their joint Instagram pos.
