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Vadym Kolesnik
Vadym Kolesnik (Ukrainian: Вадим Колесник; born October 27, 2001) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Emilea Zingas, he is a 2026 World Championships bronze medalist, 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.
Kolesnik was born on October 27, 2001, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. He has an older brother, Igor. In the spring of 2017, at the age of fifteen, he moved to Detroit, United States. He initially lived with the family of his former ice dance partner, Avonley Nguyen, before moving out at age eighteen. He became an American citizen in the summer of 2025.
Additionally, he is a Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture alumnus, having a master's degree in sports education and sports psychology.
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. 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.
Since 2022, Kolesnik has been in a relationship with his ice dance partner, Emilea Zingas.
Kolesnik began learning to skate as a four-year-old after his grandmother took him to a local rink. The coaches at the rink did not wish to take him due to his weight, but he kept returning until one accepted him. 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.
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. They began their partnership in February 2017.
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Vadym Kolesnik
Vadym Kolesnik (Ukrainian: Вадим Колесник; born October 27, 2001) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Emilea Zingas, he is a 2026 World Championships bronze medalist, 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.
Kolesnik was born on October 27, 2001, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. He has an older brother, Igor. In the spring of 2017, at the age of fifteen, he moved to Detroit, United States. He initially lived with the family of his former ice dance partner, Avonley Nguyen, before moving out at age eighteen. He became an American citizen in the summer of 2025.
Additionally, he is a Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture alumnus, having a master's degree in sports education and sports psychology.
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. 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.
Since 2022, Kolesnik has been in a relationship with his ice dance partner, Emilea Zingas.
Kolesnik began learning to skate as a four-year-old after his grandmother took him to a local rink. The coaches at the rink did not wish to take him due to his weight, but he kept returning until one accepted him. 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.
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. They began their partnership in February 2017.
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