Molly Cesanek (born March 2, 2001) is an American ice dancer. With her skating partner, Yehor Yehorov, she is the 2021 Lake Placid Ice Dance International bronze medalist and has competed on the Grand Prix series.

Personal life Cesanek was born in Manassas, Virginia, and was raised in Warrenton, Virginia. She began taking ballet lessons at age three. After graduating in 2019 from Wakefield School, she began studying health promotion at American University.

Career

Early years Cesanek began learning to skate as a five-year-old. At age 11 or 12, she took up solo ice dancing and met her first partner. With Maxwell Gart, she won silver in the juvenile competition at the 2014 U.S. Championships and bronze in the intermediate category at the 2015 U.S. Championships. She then skated one season with Edward Jahoda, placing fifth in the novice event at the 2016 U.S. Championships.

Later in 2016, Cesanek formed a partnership with Nikolay Usanov. The two would finish 7th in novice ice dancing at the 2017 U.S. Championships and 12th as juniors at the 2018 U.S. Championships.

Partnership with Yehorov Cesanek teamed up with Ukraine's Yehor Yehorov in April 2018. During the first two seasons of their partnership, they trained at the Rockville Ice Arena in Maryland. In their first season, they placed 5th in the junior event at the 2019 U.S. Championships. Ukraine then released him to compete internationally for the United States.

Continuing in juniors the following season, Cesanek/Yehorov took bronze at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International and received two ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments, finishing 6th at both. They were awarded the pewter medal for fourth place at the 2020 U.S. Championships and won gold at the Egna Dance Trophy in February.

Ahead of the 2020–21 season, their first in the senior ranks, Cesanek/Yehorov switched to the Ion International Training Center in Leesburg, Virginia but kept the same coaching team. The duo resumed on-ice training in June after three months away due to COVID-related closures. In October, they finished 5th at the 2020 Skate America, a Grand Prix event which, due to COVID, was limited to American and U.S.-based skaters. They were also 5th at the 2021 U.S. Championships.

In August 2021, Cesanek/Yehorov won bronze at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International. After finishing 13th at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy and 9th at the 2021 Skate America, they placed 6th at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

Programs

With Yehorov Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition 2022–2023 Temptation Fever Fever Spartacus 2021–2022 Uptown Funk Partition 24K Magic 24K Magic (remix) The Wisp Sings You Are a Memory The Passionate Love I Can't Live Without Quote by Mark Sloan in Grey's Anatomy Quote by William Parish in Meet Joe Black 2020–2021 Shout Walking on Sunshine Make It Rain Take Me to Church 2019–2020 My One and Only Nice Work If You Can Get It Overture I Can't Be Bothered Now 2018–2019 Más Allá del Sur La Dueda Interna Medley

With Usanov Season Short dance Free dance 2017–2018 Amor Y Cha Cha Cha Tanto è Solo Un Gioco Romeo & Juliet The Cheek of Night Come, Gentle Night Forbidden Love

Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Yehorov International Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 Skate America 5th 9th Skate Canada 9th Golden Spin 6th Ice Challenge 5th Lombardia Trophy 13th Nebelhorn 10th Lake Placid IDI 3rd International: Junior Croatia 6th Latvia 6th Egna Trophy 1st Lake Placid IDI 3rd National U.S. Championships 5th J 4th J 5th 10th WD U.S. Ice Dance Final 2nd J

With Usanov National Event 2017–18 U.S. Championships 12th J

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