Wiktor Kulesza
Polish ice dancer (born 2003)
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Wiktor Kulesza (born 28 August 2003) is a Polish ice dancer who currently competes with Sofiia Dovhal. Together, they are two-time Polish national champions (2025–2026) and the 2025 Maria Olszewska Memorial silver medalists. At the junior level, they are two-time Polish junior national champions (2023–24).
Sofiia Dovhal and Wiktor Kulesza at the 2025 World Championships | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 August 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Home town | Toruń, Poland | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||
| Country |  Poland | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Ice dance | ||||||||||||
| Partner | Sofiia Dovhal (since 2020) Martyna Stańkowska (2016–19) | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka Maksym Spodyriev Daria Popova Austin Wild Tomczyk | ||||||||||||
| Skating club | ICEskatERA | ||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2014 | ||||||||||||
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In addition, the team represented Poland at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Personal life
Career
Kulesza began learning how to skate in 2014 at the age of eleven. He initially attended lessons that were one hour per week before deciding that he wanted to take more frequent classes. His mother, in turn, contacted the MKS Axel Toruń Skating Club, arranging Kulesza to train there under coach, Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka.[2][1] He first began competing in the ice dance discipline in 2016 with Martyna Stańkowska and competed on the novice level with her until their partnership ended in early 2019.[4]
Partnership with Sofiia Dovhal
During the summer of 2019, Kulesza attended a training camp in Cetniewo, Władysławowo with coach, Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka. While there, they met partnerless Ukrainian ice dancer, Sofiia Dovhal. At the encouragement of Nowak-Trębacka, Dovhal and Kulesza decided to team up and represent Poland under the continued guidance of Nowak-Trębacka in Toruń.[2]
The team officially debuted at the 2021 Four National Championships, where they won the bronze medal on the junior level.[5]
2021–22 season
Dovhal/Kulesza opened their season by making their junior international debut at 2021 JGP Poland. They followed this up by finishing seventh at the 2021 Mezzaluna Cup before closing their season with a fifth-place finish at the 2021 Victor Petrenko Cup.[5]
2022–23 season
Dovhal/Kulesza started their season by competing on the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix series, finishing fourteenth at both 2022 JGP Poland I and 2022 JGP Poland II. They then continued to compete on the international junior level, winning gold at the 2022 Budapest Trophy, finishing sixth at the 2022 NRW Trophy, and winning silver at the 2022 Bosphorus Cup.[5]
In December, Dovhal/Kulesza won the silver medal on the junior level at the 2023 Four National Championships. They went on to compete 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, finishing in twenty-third place.[5]
2023–24 season
Dovhal/Kulesza began their season by competing on the 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix series, finishing seventh at 2023 JGP Turkey and ninth at 2022 JGP Poland. Going on to continue competing at the junior level, they won the silver medal at the 2023 Budapest Trophy and placed fifth at the 2023 Mezzaluna Cup.[5]
Dovhal/Kulesza then made their senior international debut by competing on the 2023–24 Challenger Series, finishing seventh at the 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and twelfth at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup. They followed up these results by placing seventh at the 2023 Bosphorus Cup.[5]
In December, Dovhal/Kulesza competed on the senior level at the 2024 Four National Championships, where they finished sixth overall. The following month, they made their senior championship debut at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, finishing in twenty-sixth place overall. One week later, Dovhal/Kulesza won the gold medal at the 2024 Polish Junior Championships and the week after that, finished fourth at the 2024 Ephesus Cup on the senior level.[5]
Dovhal/Kulesza ultimately closed the season with a nineteenth-place finish at the 2024 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.[5]
2024–25 season
Prior to the season, Dovhal/Kulesza moved their training location to Bydgoszcz to train at the ICEskatERA Torbyd Ice Rink.[6][7]
Dovhal/Kulesza started their season by competing on the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix series, finishing ninth at 2024 JGP Latvia and fifth at 2024 JGP Poland. They then competed on the senior level, finishing fifth at the 2024 Denkova-Staviski Cup, thirteenth at the 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy, thirteenth at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup, and ninth at the 2024 Bosphorus Cup.[5]
In December, Dovhal/Kulesza finished sixth at the 2025 Four National Championships. The following month, they competed at the 2025 Winter World University Games and the 2025 European Championships, finishing eleventh and twenty-fourth, respectively. They subsequently followed up these results by winning silver at the 2025 Maria Olszewska Memorial.[5]
Dovhal/Kulesza then finished the season by making their World Championship debut in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, placing thirty-fourth overall.[5]
2025–26 season: Milano Cortina Olympics
Dovhal/Kulesza opened their season with a fourteenth-place finish at the ISU Skate to Milano. They subsequently went on to finish eleventh at the 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy, seventh at the 2025 Denkova-Staviski Cup, seventeenth at the 2025 CS Warsaw Cup, and twelfth at the 2025 Bosphorus Cup.[5]
In December, Dovhal/Kulesza finished fourth at the 2026 Four National Championships. The following month, the team finished in twenty-fifth place at the 2026 European Championships in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.[5]
Less than two weeks before the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics, the Winter Sports Association of Uzbekistan had reliquinshed their sole Olympic pair skating spot. This, in turn, allowed the Polish Figure Skating Association to use two additional athlete quotas in order to complete a team for Poland for the upcoming Olympic Figure Skating Team Event. Dovhal/Kulesza were ultimately granted those quotas.[8][9][7]
On 6 February, Dovhal/Kulesza competed in the rhythm dance segment of the 2026 Winter Olympic Figure Skating Team Event. They placed tenth and scored a personal best. "I really, really had such powerful emotions at the end of the skate," said Dovhal following their performance. "It honestly feels like a dream come true. My emotions were so big. I’m so thankful to every coach, to my partner, and to all the friends who supported us. It’s a really beautiful moment that we shared together."
The following week, the team finished fifth at the 2026 Finnish Ice Dance Open.[5]
Programs
Ice dance with Sofiia Dovhal
Competitive highlights
- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
- TBD – Assigned
- WD – Withdrew from competition
- Medals at team events are awarded for the team results only. Individual placements at team events are listed in parentheses.
Ice dance with Sofiia Dovhal
| Season | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | 2025–26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympics (Team event) | 10th | ||
| World Championships | 34th | ||
| European Championships | 26th | 24th | 25th |
| Polish Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
| Four Nationals Championships | 6th | 6th | 4th |
| CS Denis Ten Memorial | 7th | ||
| CS Tallinn Trophy | 13th | ||
| CS Trialeti Trophy | 11th | ||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 12th | 13th | 17th |
| Bosphorus Cup | 7th | 9th | 12th |
| Denkova-Staviski Cup | 5th | 7th | |
| Ephesus Cup | 4th | ||
| Finnish Ice Dance Open | 5th | ||
| Maria Olszewska Memorial | 2nd | 2nd | |
| Skate to Milano | 14th | ||
| Winter University Games | 11th |
| Season | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Championships | 23rd | 19th | |||
| Polish Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||
| Four Nationals Championships | 3rd | 2nd | |||
| JGP Latvia | 9th | ||||
| JGP Poland I | 15th | 14th | 9th | 5th | |
| JGP Poland II | 14th | ||||
| JGP Turkey | 7th | ||||
| Bosphorus Cup | 2nd | 7th | |||
| Budapest Trophy | 1st | 2nd | |||
| Mezzaluna Cup | 7th | 5th | |||
| NRW Trophy | 6th | ||||
| Victor Petrenko Cup | 5th |
Detailed results
Ice dance with Sofiia Dovhal
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 156.82 | 2025 CS Warsaw Cup |
| Rhythm dance | TSS | 60.23 | 2026 Winter Olympics (Team event) |
| TES | 34.48 | 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | |
| PCS | 27.22 | 2026 Winter Olympics (Team event) | |
| Free dance | TSS | 96.77 | 2025 CS Warsaw Cup |
| TES | 55.67 | 2025 CS Warsaw Cup | |
| PCS | 41.10 | 2025 CS Warsaw Cup |
Senior results
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Nov 2–5, 2023 |  2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge |
9 | 58.55 | 6 | 89.17 | 7 | 147.17 |
| Nov 16–19, 2023 | 2023 CS Warsaw Cup |
14 | 56.01 | 10 | 91.82 | 12 | 147.83 |
| Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2023 |  2023 Bosphorus Cup |
8 | 61.74 | 8 | 98.36 | 7 | 160.10 |
| Dec 14–16, 2023 |  2024 Four Nationals Championships |
9 | 56.54 | 6 | 89.64 | 6 | 146.18 |
| Dec 14–16, 2023 | 2024 Polish Championships[a] |
2 | N/a | 2 | N/a | 2 | N/a |
| Jan 8–14, 2024 |  2024 European Championships |
26 | 54.96 | N/a | N/a | 26 | 54.96 |
| Jan 25–28, 2024 | 2024 Ephesus Cup |
4 | 62.44 | 4 | 92.56 | 4 | 155.00 |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Nov 5–10, 2024 |  2024 Denkova-Staviski Cup |
5 | 60.48 | 5 | 96.58 | 5 | 157.06 |
| Nov 12–17, 2024 |  2024 CS Tallinn Trophy |
14 | 53.67 | 12 | 88.71 | 13 | 142.38 |
| Nov 20–24, 2024 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |
13 | 57.94 | 12 | 95.31 | 13 | 153.25 |
| Nov 25 – Dec 1, 2024 | 2024 Bosphorus Cup |
11 | 60.03 | 9 | 93.56 | 9 | 153.59 |
| Dec 13–14, 2024 | 2025 Four Nationals Championships |
6 | 58.65 | 6 | 87.74 | 6 | 146.39 |
| Dec 13–14, 2024 | 2025 Polish Championships[a] |
1 | N/a | 1 | N/a | 1 | N/a |
| Jan 16–18, 2025 |  2025 Winter World University Games |
7 | 52.65 | 11 | 74.28 | 11 | 126.93 |
| Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025 | 2025 European Championships |
24 | 52.52 | N/a | N/a | 24 | 52.52 |
| Mar 4–9, 2025 | 2025 Maria Olszewska Memorial |
1 | 65.76 | 2 | 98.77 | 2 | 164.73 |
| Mar 25–30, 2025 |  2025 World Championships |
34 | 51.87 | N/a | N/a | 34 | 51.87 |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 18–21, 2025 |  2025 Skate to Milano |
14 | 56.43 | 14 | 85.31 | 14 | 141.74 |
| Oct 8–11, 2025 |  2025 CS Trialeti Trophy |
8 | 59.62 | 13 | 83.32 | 11 | 142.94 |
| Nov 7–9, 2025 | 2025 Denkova-Staviski Cup |
5 | 63.69 | 9 | 91.10 | 7 | 154.79 |
| Nov 19–23, 2025 | 2025 CS Warsaw Cup |
17 | 60.05 | 16 | 96.77 | 17 | 156.82 |
| Nov 24–30, 2025 | 2025 Bosphorus Cup |
7 | 60.83 | 13 | 86.80 | 12 | 147.63 |
| Dec 11–13, 2025 |  2026 Four Nationals Championships |
4 | 60.00 | 5 | 88.21 | 4 | 148.21 |
| Dec 11–13, 2025 | 2026 Polish Championships[a] |
1 | N/a | 1 | N/a | 1 | N/a |
| Jan 13–18, 2026 |  2026 European Championships |
25 | 53.34 | N/a | N/a | 25 | 53.34 |
| Feb 6–8, 2026 | 2026 Winter Olympics – Team event |
10 | 60.23 | N/a | N/a | 10 | N/a |
| Feb 14–15, 2026 |  2026 Finnish Ice Dance Open |
3 | 61.00 | 8 | 83.59 | 5 | 144.59 |
| Feb 24-28, 2026 | 2026 Maria Olszewska Memorial |
1 | 64.20 | 2 | 91.02 | 2 | 155.22 |
- The Polish Championships are contested as part of the Four Nationals Championships.
Junior results
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Dec 10–12, 2020 | 2021 Four Nationals Championships |
3 | 43.55 | 3 | 74.82 | 3 | 118.37 |
| Dec 10–12, 2020 | 2021 Polish Junior Championships[a] |
2 | N/a | 2 | N/a | 2 | N/a |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 29 – Oct 2, 2021 | 2021 JGP Poland |
15 | 45.54 | 14 | 67.70 | 15 | 113.24 |
| Oct 15–17, 2021 | 2021 Mezzaluna Cup |
7 | 49.95 | 7 | 78.11 | 7 | 128.06 |
| Oct 20–24, 2021 |  2021 Victor Petrenko Cup |
5 | 54.27 | 5 | 80.05 | 5 | 134.32 |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2022 | 2022 JGP Poland I |
11 | 51.03 | 16 | 70.63 | 14 | 121.66 |
| Oct 5–8, 2022 | 2022 JGP Poland II |
16 | 46.39 | 14 | 75.25 | 14 | 121.64 |
| Oct 13–16, 2022 |  2022 Budapest Trophy |
1 | 48.73 | 1 | 71.44 | 1 | 120.17 |
| Nov 24–27, 2022 |  2022 NRW Trophy |
6 | 51.77 | 5 | 82.38 | 5 | 134.15 |
| Nov 29 – Dec 3, 2022 | 2023 Bosphorus Cup |
2 | 58.97 | 2 | 92.27 | 2 | 151.24 |
| Dec 16–18, 2022 | 2023 Four Nationals Championships |
2 | 56.34 | 2 | 83.13 | 2 | 139.47 |
| Dec 16–18, 2022 | 2023 Polish Junior Championships[a] |
1 | N/a | 1 | N/a | 1 | N/a |
| Feb 27 – Mar 5, 2023 |  2023 World Junior Championships |
23 | 49.16 | N/a | N/a | 23 | 49.16 |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 6–9, 2023 | 2023 JGP Turkey |
9 | 50.32 | 7 | 77.81 | 7 | 128.13 |
| Sep 27–30, 2023 | 2023 JGP Poland |
8 | 52.12 | 9 | 75.27 | 9 | 127.39 |
| Oct 13–15, 2023 | 2023 Budapest Trophy |
1 | 53.03 | 2 | 79.57 | 2 | 132.60 |
| Oct 20–22, 2023 | 2023 Mezzaluna Cup |
5 | 57.98 | 5 | 85.34 | 5 | 143.32 |
| Jan 19–21, 2024 | 2024 Polish Junior Championships |
1 | 56.48 | 1 | 79.63 | 1 | 136.11 |
| Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2024 |  2024 World Junior Championships |
16 | 54.19 | 19 | 74.11 | 19 | 128.30 |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Aug 28–31, 2024 |  2024 JGP Latvia |
9 | 52.54 | 9 | 72.32 | 9 | 124.86 |
| Sep 25–28, 2024 | 2024 JGP Poland |
5 | 56.26 | 9 | 80.27 | 5 | 136.53 |
- The Polish Championships are contested as part of the Four Nationals Championships.
