Navratilova reveals unseen details of her defection: “I was in hiding for a week in case they tried to kidnap me”
Nacho Encabo
2 August, 2026
Martina Navratilova made one of the most important decisions of her life in 1975: defecting from her native Czechoslovakia and starting the process to obtain U.S. citizenship. She was just 18 years old, her career was taking off, and her