Vadym Kolesnik

Vadym Kolesnik
Personal information
Native name Вадим Колесник
Alternative names Vadym Kolesnyk
Country represented United States
Former country(ies) represented Ukraine
Born (2001-10-27) October 27, 2001
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Residence Novi, Michigan, United States
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Partner Avonley Nguyen
Former partner Zlata Iefymenko
Coach Igor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo, Adrienne Lenda, Natalia Deller
Former coach Greg Zuerlein[1]
Choreographer Igor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo
Skating club SC of Novi
Training locations Novi, Michigan
Former training locations Kharkiv, Ukraine
Began skating 2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 165.63
2018 JGP Slovenia
Short dance 65.41
2018 JGP Slovenia
Free dance 100.22
2018 JGP Slovenia

Vadym Kolesnik (Ukrainian: Вадим Колесник; born October 27, 2001) is a Ukrainian-born ice dancer who competes for the United States. With his skating partner, Avonley Nguyen, he has won two medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, including gold at 2018 JGP Slovenia, and qualified to the JGP Final.

Personal life

Kolesnik was born on October 27, 2001, in Kharkiv, Ukraine.[2] He moved to the United States in spring 2017.[3]

Career

Early years

Kolesnik began learning to skate as a four-year-old, after his grandmother took him to a local rink.[3] The coaches at the rink did not wish to take him due to his weight but he kept returning until one accepted him.[3] 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.[4]

2016–2017 season

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.[3] They began their partnership in February 2017.[5]

2017–2018 season

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

Nguyen/Kolesnik won silver at 2018 JGP Lithuania, behind Russia's Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov, and gold at 2018 JGP Slovenia to qualify for their first JGP Final.

Programs

With Nguyen

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2018–2019
[2]
    Short dance
    2017–2018
    [6]

      Competitive highlights

      JGP: Junior Grand Prix

      With Nguyen for the United States

      International: Junior[7]
      Event 2017–18 2018–19
      JGP FinalTBD
      JGP Belarus5th
      JGP Italy6th
      JGP Lithuania2nd
      JGP Slovenia1st
      National[7]
      U.S. Championships5th J
      Midwestern Sectionals1st J
      J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

      With Iefymenko for Ukraine

      International
      Event 2015–16
      Ice Star9th N
      NRW Trophy4th N
      N = Advanced novice level

      References

      1. ↑ Nguyen, Avonley (April 29, 2018). "Thank you @gzuerlein" (Instagram).
      2. 1 2 "Avonley NGUYEN / Vadym KOLESNIK: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018.
      3. 1 2 3 4 "Getting to Know Avonley Nguyen & Vadym Kolesnik". ice-dance.com. July 25, 2017.
      4. ↑ "Zlata Jefimenko & Vadym Kolesnik". tracings.net.
      5. ↑ "Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018.
      6. ↑ "Avonley NGUYEN / Vadym KOLESNIK: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.
      7. 1 2 "Avonley NGUYEN / Vadym KOLESNIK: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018.
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