Sebastian Kolasiński (; born 16 February 1975) is a Polish former competitive

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

. With partner

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, he is the

1998 Skate Canada International The 1998 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 1998–99 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Kamloops, British Columbia on November 5–8. Medals we ...

bronze medalist, 1999 Cup of Russia bronze medalist, 1994 World Junior champion, and a nine-time Polish national champion.

Personal life

Kolasiński was born on 16 February 1975 in

Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

, Poland. He has a daughter, Jagoda (born in 2002), with his ex-wife, Jagna Marczułajtis, an Olympic snowboarder.

Career

Early in his career, Kolasiński had a brief partnership with

Agnieszka Domańska Agnieszka Domańska (born 8 March 1975 in Łódź) is a Polish former ice dancer. She and partner Marcin Głowacki trained in Łódź, coached by Maria Olszewska-Lelonkiewicz. Domańska / Głowacki placed 12th at the World Junior Figure Skati ...

. In 1991, coaches paired him with

, with whom he competed for the rest of his career. They won silver at the 1993 World Junior Championships and then gold in 1994. As seniors, Nowak/Kolasiński won gold medals at the

Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the German Ice Skating Union () and held in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition debuted in 1969 and is na ...

Finlandia Trophy The Finlandia Trophy an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by Skating Finland (). The competition debuted in 1995 in Helsinki, and when the ISU launched the ISU Challenger ...

, and

Karl Schäfer Memorial The Karl Schäfer Memorial (other titles: Asko Cup (1987), Vienna Cup (1994), or Vienna Trophy) was a senior-level international figure skating competition held in Vienna, Austria. Medals were awarded in four disciplines: single skating, men's si ...

and bronze medals at two Grand Prix competitions, Skate Canada International and Cup of Russia. They placed as high as 9th at the World Championships and competed at two Olympics, in

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and

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. The two retired from competitive skating after the 2002–03 season. They occasionally skate at special performances. Kolasiński also works as a coach and choreographer. One of his former students is Ilona Senderek.

Programs

(with Nowak)

Results

''GP: Champions Series/Grand Prix'' (with Nowak)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolasinski, Sebastian 1975 births Living people Polish male ice dancers Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for Poland Figure skaters from Łódź World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating FISU World University Games silver medalists for Poland Competitors at the 2001 Winter Universiade 20th-century Polish sportsmen