Aleksandra "Ola" Kauc-Żelichowska ( ; born 20 February 1980) 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 Michał Zych, she became a three-time Polish national champion and the 2004

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silver medalist. The duo competed in the final segment at three

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, three

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, and the

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Career

Kauc competed with Michał Przyk and Krzysztof Tomczyk in her early career. Between 1997 and 2002, she competed with Filip Bernadowski. With him, she was a two-time Polish bronze medalist. Between 2003 and 2006, she competed with partner Michał Zych. Kauc and Zych were three time Polish national champions. They competed three times at the

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and the

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. They placed 21st at the

. After beginning the 2006–2007 season at the 2006 Nebelhorn Trophy, they ended their partnership. Kauc retired from competitive skating in 2006. She skates professionally. She has appeared on Poland's

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. In the first season, which was in 2007, she was partnered with

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and finished 9th. In the second season, in March 2008, she was partnered with Marek Kościkiewicz and finished 11th.

Programs

With Zych

With Bernadowski

Results

With Zych

With Bernadowski

With Tomczyk

With Przyk

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kauc, Alexandra Polish female ice dancers Olympic figure skaters for Poland Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics 1980 births Living people Figure skaters from Łódź Competitors at the 2001 Winter Universiade 21st-century Polish sportswomen