Vadym Kolesnik

Vadym Kolesnik
Vadym Kolesnik at the 2026 U.S. Championships
Personal information
Native name
Вадим Колесник
Born (2001-10-27) October 27, 2001
Home townNovi, Michigan, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Figure skating career
Country United States
PartnerEmilea Zingas (since 2022)
Avonley Nguyen (2017–20)
CoachIgor Shpilband
Natalia Deller
Adrienne Lenda
Pasquale Camerlengo
Skating clubSkating Club of New York
Began skating2006
Medal record
Four Continents Championships
2026 Beijing Ice dance
U.S. Championships
2026 St. Louis Ice dance
World Junior Championships
2020 Tallinn Ice dance
Junior Grand Prix Final
2019–20 Turin Ice dance

Vadym Kolesnik[a] (born October 27, 2001) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Emilea Zingas, he is a 2026 Four Continents champion, two-time Grand Prix medalist, a five-time Challenger Series medalist, the 2026 U.S. National silver medalist, and the 2023, 2025 U.S. national pewter medalist.

Zingas and Kolesnik represented the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

With his former partner, Avonley Nguyen, he is the 2020 World Junior champion, the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and the 2020 U.S. junior national champion. He has also won four medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, including three golds, and qualified to the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Personal life

Kolesnik was born on October 27, 2001, in Kharkiv, Ukraine.[1] He has an older brother, Igor.[2][3] In the spring of 2017, at the age of fifteen, he moved to Detroit, United States.[4][3] He initially lived with the family of his former ice dance partner, Avonley Nguyen, before moving out at age eighteen.[3] He became an American citizen in the summer of 2025.[5]

Additionally, he is a Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture alumnus, having a master's degree in sports education and sports psychology.[2][3]

Kolesnik has spoken in support of Ukraine following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. As a result of the war, his father lost his appliance and lighting business while his brother enlisted in the Ukrainian army.[3] He has also advocated for the exclusion of Russia from the Olympic Games due to their ongoing conflict with Ukraine and their continued doping practices in sports.[6]

Since 2022, Kolesnik has been in a relationship with his ice dance partner, Emilea Zingas.[3][7]

Career

Early years

Kolesnik began learning to skate as a four-year-old after his grandmother took him to a local rink.[4] The coaches at the rink did not wish to take him due to his weight, but he kept returning until one accepted him.[4] In the 2015–2016 season, he appeared internationally with Zlata Iefymenko for Ukraine. Competing in advanced novice ice dancing, they placed ninth at the 2015 Ice Star and then fourth at the 2015 NRW Trophy.[8]

Partnership with Avonlea Nguyen

2017–2018 season: Debut of Nguyen/Kolesnik

In autumn 2016, Kolesnik and Avonley Nguyen of the United States had a three-week tryout in Novi, Michigan, following which he returned to Ukraine for a few months.[4] They began their partnership in February 2017.[9]

Nguyen/Kolesnik received their first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments in the 2017–2018 season. They placed fifth at JGP Belarus and sixth at JGP Italy. After taking gold in junior ice dancing at Midwestern Sectionals, they qualified to the 2018 U.S. Championships, where they would finish fifth.

2018–2019 season: JGP medals

Nguyen/Kolesnik won the silver medal at 2018 JGP Lithuania, behind Russia's Ushakova/Nekrasov, and the gold at 2018 JGP Slovenia to qualify for their first JGP Final. They placed fifth overall at the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final after placing fifth in the rhythm dance and fifth in the free dance.

At the 2019 U.S. Championships, they won the silver medal behind Green/Green after placing second in the rhythm dance and winning the free dance.

At the 2019 World Junior Championships, Nguyen/Kolesnik placed fifth in the rhythm dance but moved up to fourth overall after placing third in the free dance. They were awarded a small bronze medal for the free, where they had the highest technical base value of any of the competing teams and the second-highest technical score overall.[10]

2019–2020 season: World Junior champion and Junior Grand Prix Final silver

Nguyen/Kolesnik began their Junior Grand Prix season at the 2019 JGP United States, where they placed first in both segments with personal best scores and won the gold medal. At 2019 JGP Poland, they again set personal best scores in both segments to take the title and qualify for the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final. Competing at the Final, Nguyen/Kolesnik narrowly lost the gold medal by only 0.16 points behind Kazakova/Reviya of Georgia at the JGP Final.[11] She commented "we're a little disappointed right now, but we’ll continue to keep on working. All our competitors were really strong. We were only a fourth of a point behind, and we felt we could push and get to the next level, but it didn’t work out."[12]

At the 2020 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Nguyen/Kolesnik scored 184.38 total points to take the gold medal by more than 22 points. Their free dance, set to Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No. 2," featured all positive grades of execution and eight Level 4 elements, earning 109.89 points.[13]

At the 2020 Bavarian Open, they placed first in both the rhythm dance and free dance to win the gold medal. They concluded the season at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, where they entered as one of the favorites for the title. Nguyen/Kolesnik placed third in the rhythm dance behind Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy and Kazakova/Reviya, after Nguyen stepped out of her twizzle sequence. She remarked they had "left a few points on the table, but now we'll focus on the free dance."[14] They won the free dance, setting a new junior world record and taking the Junior World title over Kazakova/Reviya. Nguyen said afterward, "I've dreamed about this moment for so long and to know that our work finally paid off, it just feels great!" Kolesnik indicated that they had not decided whether to move up to senior competition or remain at the junior level for another season.[15]

At the end of June, Nguyen announced that the two had split. She said she had "many happy memories" of their partnership and wished him the best as they "pursued different paths."[16] Within minutes, Kolesnik's announcement post followed. He thanked Nguyen "for all you have done for our partnership," expressed his admiration for her, and wished her all the best.[17]

Partnership with Emilea Zingas

2022–2023 season: Debut of Zingas/Kolesnik

After many months of searching for a new permanent partnership in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kolesnik tried out with Cypriot-American singles skater Emilea Zingas.[18] Kolesnik would later say that "the first time I skated with Emilea I felt something special. I felt like I can be myself. She opens up in the way that I want to skate and that's how it comes out — freedom."[19] On May 15, 2022, Zingas officially announced that the two would compete together representing the United States.[20]

Zingas/Kolesnik made their international debut in December 2022 at 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they won the bronze medal.[18]

After winning gold in November 2022 at the U.S. Ice Dance Final to qualify for the 2023 U.S. Championships, the team entered a dance field more open than normal due to presumptive national silver medalists Hawayek/Baker being absent due to health issues. Zingas/Kolesnik unexpectedly placed third in the rhythm dance, less than a point ahead of Zagreb gold medalists Carreira/Ponomarenko, who had erred on their twizzles.[19] After the free dance, Carreira/Ponomarenko had squeaked ahead overall by 0.32, but Zingas/Kolesnik stood on the podium as pewter medalists, a noteworthy achievement in a team's first season. Kolesnik said of the new partnership "I think we've got a match."[21]

2023–2024 season

For their free dance, Zingas proposed skating to Alan Menken's Beauty and the Beast film score, which Kolesnik was persuaded of after a "watch party."[22]

Beginning the season on the Challenger circuit, Zingas/Kolesnik finished fourth at the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial.[23] They were invited to make their Grand Prix debut at 2023 Skate Canada International, where they placed fifth, despite a rhythm dance twizzle error.[24][22] They were fifth as well at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo.[25] Zingas/Kolesnik finished out the fall season at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they won the silver medal.[23]

In advance of the 2024 U.S. Championships, Zingas/Kolesnik were named as first alternates for the American team for the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai.[26]

They finished only sixth at the national championships, but were notified while driving home that national champions Chock/Bates had withdrawn from the Four Continents Championships due to illness, and they were to fly to Shanghai the following morning.[27][28] They were fourth in both segments of the competition, coming fourth overall, 1.07 points back of bronze medalists Carreira/Ponomarenko. Zingas called the event "a great bonus."[28]

2024–2025 season

Zingas/Kolesnik started the season by winning bronze at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.[23] Beginning the 2024–25 Grand Prix series at 2024 Skate Canada International, they came fourth in the rhythm dance, 1.13 points behind third-place French team Lopareva/Brissaud. Both partners received low levels on their twizzles in the free dance, and they dropped to fifth overall, which Kolesnik called "very disappointing."[29] They followed this up by finishing fifth at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy.[23] "We are happy though that we could finish this competition on a high note with a good free dance," said Zingas.[30]

In January, Zingas/Kolesnik competed at the 2025 U.S. Championships, where they placed third in the rhythm dance and fourth in the free dance, finishing fourth overall.[31] “I think we did the best we could,” said Zingas. “It was a challenging season overall, and we’ve been dealing with some things on and off the ice. I'm really proud of how we handled ourselves, and I think we’ve shown a lot of growth and more maturity from last year to this year. I'm really proud, especially with Vadym. He is a very strong person, and I'm really happy to skate with him.”[31]

They then closed the season with a fifth-place finish at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea.[32][33] “I'm happy with what we’ve done today,” said Kolesnik after the free dance. “I think we just wanted to skate our best and give justice to this program because we love it. We enjoy doing it and I feel like no matter how we skated, we just wanted to enjoy this process and today I felt like we accomplished it.”[33]

2025–2026 season: Milano Cortina Olympics, Four Continents gold, U.S. national silver medal, and two Grand Prix medals

Zingas/Kolesnik opened their season by winning silver at the 2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup.[32] They subsequently went on to compete on the 2025–26 Grand Prix circuit, winning their first Grand Prix medal, a silver, at the 2025 Cup of China. Both ice dancers were happy to have broken the 80-point mark in the Rhythm Dance.[34] Speaking on the result following the event, Kolesnik shared, "I feel like I won the Olympics right now, but I'm just second at a Grand Prix. But that's how I feel. I feel so much happiness and joy inside of me right now. I can't even describe it with words. I'm just so happy that we went out there with all this pressure that we never had before."[35]

The following month Zingas/Kolesnik won the bronze at 2025 Finlandia Trophy, qualifying for the 2025–26 Grand Prix Final. "I’m in shock! I think we’re still shaking a little," said Zingas after the free dance. "Just because before the skate, I wanted it so badly. I wasn’t thinking too much about the Final until we got here, and everybody started asking us questions about it and stuff. And I love Japan; I so much wanted to go to Japan."[36]

In December, Zingas/Kolesnik competed at the 2025–26 Grand Prix Final where they placed sixth. “I think the crowd was amazing today,” said Zingas after the free dance. “We feel really grateful we have this opportunity. Today we did make a mistake and it’s kind of an uncharacteristic mistake for us. So, we will drill it when we get home and work to make everything the best we can and improve before the national championships."[37]

The following month, Zingas/Kolesnik won the silver medal at the 2026 U.S. Championships behind Chock/Bates.[38] "This is an extremely special event for us," said Zingas. "Last year at this time, we experienced some disappointment at the U.S. Championships, and honestly, I feel grateful for that moment because it taught me to know what I want and taught me how I don’t want to feel after a national championship."[39] They were subsequently named to the 2026 Winter Olympic team.[40][39]

Less than two weeks later, Zingas/Kolesnik won gold at the 2026 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in their third appearance at this event. “It’s been a great season; we had so much fun,” Zingas summed up. “Every competition this season, I think we just tried to forget about the expectation and just skate our absolute best."[41]

Before leaving for the Winter Olympics, Kolesnik and Zingas set up a GoFundMe page to raise enough money to fly Kolesnik's family members from Ukraine to Milan, so that they could watch him and Zingas compete. The duo ultimately raised over twenty-five thousand dollars, surpassing their page's goal. As a result, Kolesnik was able to fly his aunt, Snezhana, and sister-in-law, Irina, two family members that he had not been able to see in four years due to the Russo-Ukrainian war. However, Kolesnik's mother was forced to stay behind in the U.S due to concerns of immigration policies under Trump's second administration.[42][43][44]

On 9 February, Zingas/Kolesnik competed in the rhythm dance segment at the 2026 Winter Olympics, placing sixth in that segment and scoring a personal best.[32] "I've never been so peaceful with myself than I am at this competition," said Kolesnik following their performance. "I don't know how to even explain this. I mean, I know it's Olympic stage, and for many people, this is the moment of their lives. I just thought of it as a test challenge for our next eight years, because this is just the beginning for us, and we're going to reach higher places. So I wanted to have good experience, and I couldn't ask for more."[45]

Two days later, Zingas/Kolesnik placed fifth in the free dance segment, earning another personal best and finishing fifth overall. I mean, this is crazy! We’re top five at the Olympics!" said Zingas. "This is absolutely insane! If you told me one year ago today that I’d be top five at the Olympics, I would have said, ‘No, it’s a lie. It’s a straight-up lie.’"[46][47]

Programs

Ice dance with Emilea Zingas

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2022–23
[48]
2023–24
[49]
2024–25
[50]
2025–26
[51]

Ice dance with Avonley Nguyen

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2017–18
[52]
Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2018–19
[1]
2019–20
[53]

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Emilea Zingas

Competition placements at senior level [32]
Season 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Winter Olympics 5th
World Championships TBD
Four Continents Championships 4th 5th 1st
Grand Prix Final 6th
U.S. Championships 4th 6th 4th 2nd
GP Cup of China 2nd
GP Finland 5th 5th 3rd
GP Skate Canada 5th 5th
CS Golden Spin 3rd 2nd
CS Kinoshita Group Cup 2nd
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3rd
CS Nepela Memorial 4th
CS Warsaw Cup 2nd

Ice dance with Avonley Nguyen

Competition placements at junior level [54]
Season 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
World Junior Championships 4th 1st
Junior Grand Prix Final 5th 2nd
U.S. Championships 5th 2nd 1st
JGP Belarus 5th
JGP Italy 6th
JGP Lithuania 2nd
JGP Poland 1st
JGP Slovenia 1st
JGP United States 1st
Bavarian Open 1st

Detailed results

Ice dance with Emilea Zingas

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [32]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 206.72 2026 Winter Olympics
Rhythm dance TSS 83.53 2026 Winter Olympics
TES 48.27 2026 Winter Olympics
PCS 35.26 2026 Winter Olympics
Free dance TSS 123.19 2026 Winter Olympics
TES 69.61 2026 Four Continents Championships
PCS 53.94 2026 Winter Olympics
Results in the 2022–23 season[32]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 7–10, 2022 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 3 73.14 3 110.96 3 184.10
Jan 23–29, 2023 2023 U.S. Championships 3 78.18 4 119.95 4 198.13
Results in the 2023–24 season[32]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 28–30, 2023 2023 CS Nepela Memorial 3 75.61 3 111.67 4 187.28
Oct 27–29, 2023 2023 Skate Canada International 5 72.25 5 112.71 5 184.96
Nov 17–19, 2023 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo 5 72.13 5 111.65 5 183.78
Dec 6–9, 2023 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2 78.23 3 105.09 3 183.32
Jan 22–28, 2024 2024 U.S. Championships 5 77.59 8 104.11 6 181.70
Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024 2024 Four Continents Championships 4 75.76 4 117.31 4 193.07
Results in the 2024–25 season[32]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 18–21, 2024 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3 77.47 3 116.87 3 194.34
Oct 25–27, 2024 2024 Skate Canada International 4 75.63 5 113.78 5 189.41
Nov 15–17, 2024 2024 Finlandia Trophy 6 72.72 3 116.76 5 189.48
Nov 20–24, 2024 2024 CS Warsaw Cup 2 77.20 2 118.87 2 196.07
Jan 20–26, 2025 2025 U.S. Championships 3 82.13 4 122.04 4 204.17
Feb 19–23, 2025 2025 Four Continents Championships 5 74.63 5 113.92 5 188.55
Results in the 2025–26 season[32]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 5–7, 2025 2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup 2 76.24 2 117.27 2 193.51
Oct 24–26, 2025 2025 Cup of China 2 80.43 2 121.84 2 202.27
Nov 21–23, 2025 2025 Finlandia Trophy 3 78.51 3 117.51 3 196.02
Dec 4–7, 2025 2025–26 Grand Prix Final 6 75.78 6 117.83 6 193.61
Jan 4–11, 2026 2026 U.S. Championships 2 85.98 2 127.67 2 213.65
Jan 21–25, 2026 2026 Four Continents Championships 1 79.97 1 122.89 1 202.86
Feb 6–19, 2026 2026 Winter Olympics 6 83.53 5 123.19 5 206.72
Mar 24–29, 2026 2026 World Championships

Ice dance with Avonley Nguyen

Results in the 2017–18 season[54]
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 20–23, 2017 2017 JGP Belarus 5 50.37 6 64.52 5 114.89
Oct 11–14, 2017 2017 JGP Italy 6 52.84 6 72.46 6 125.30
Dec 28, 2017 – Jan 7, 2018 2018 U.S. Championships (Junior) 7 54.02 4 80.29 5 134.31
Results in the 2018–19 season[54]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 5–9, 2018 2018 JGP Lithuania 2 63.40 2 98.44 2 161.84
Oct 3–6, 2018 2018 JGP Slovenia 1 65.41 1 100.22 1 165.63
Dec 7–12, 2018 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final 5 63.73 5 94.74 5 158.47
Jan 18–27, 2019 2019 U.S. Championships (Junior) 2 65.92 1 105.14 2 171.06
Mar 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships 5 65.18 3 102.72 4 167.90
Results in the 2019–20 season[54]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 28–31, 2019 2019 JGP United States 1 66.17 1 104.63 1 170.80
Sep 18–21, 2019 2019 JGP Poland 1 69.20 1 105.48 1 174.68
Dec 5–8, 2019 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final 2 68.72 2 106.02 2 174.74
Jan 20–26, 2020 2020 U.S. Championships (junior) 1 74.49 1 109.89 1 184.38
Feb 3–9, 2020 2020 Bavarian Open 1 64.13 1 101.33 1 165.46
Mar 2–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 3 68.27 1 108.91 1 177.18

Notes

  1. ^ Ukrainian: Вадим Колесник, romanizedVadym Kolesnyk

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