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Ivana Trump was the first wife of President-elect Donald Trump. Born in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia – now Zlín of the Czech Republic – in 1949, she rose to fame as a competitive skier. And thanks to her marriage to an Austrian ski instructor Alfred Winklmayr By 1971, Ivana was able to travel outside of Czechoslovakia often.

According to his book Raising TrumpThe model met Donald three years after her 1973 divorce during a trip to New York, where she had gone for a Canadian fashion show ahead of the Montreal Olympics. They married in 1977 and welcomed three children: Donald Trump Jr. born in 1977, Ivanka Trump born in 1981 and Eric Trump born in 1984.

The couple's divorce was finalized in 1992 following his affair with Marla Mapleswhom he later married.

However, Ivana, who later married Riccardo Mazzucchelli for two years followed by Rossano Rubicondi for less than a year – and Donald remained on good terms.

“Donald in the divorce was brutal,” she told ABC News in 2017. “He took the divorce as a business deal and he can't lose. He must win. So it took him about two years. And once the final situation was settled, we would just talk and be friends.

Ivana died in 2022 at age 73. According to NBC Newsthe New York City medical examiner ruled that she died of “blunt impact injuries” and that her death was an accident. A senior New York official with direct knowledge added that the circumstances were consistent with a fall down the stairs of his New York apartment.