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James Cygan

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James Cygan
Other namesJim Cygan
Figure skating career
CountryUnited States
CoachCarlo Fassi
Skating clubBroadmoor Skating Club
Retiredc. 1989

James "Jim" Cygan is an American former figure skater. He is the 1982 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, 1986 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist,[1] and 1989 Winter Universiade silver medalist.[2] He belonged to the Broadmoor Skating Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[3]

Beginning in the 1980–81 season, Cygan was coached by Carlo Fassi.[4] He won the national junior men's title at the 1982 U.S. Championships, two years after becoming the U.S. novice champion. He placed 5th at the 1982 World Junior Championships in Oberstdorf, West Germany.

Cygan studied medicine at Northwestern University.[5][6]

Competitive highlights

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International
Event 79–80 81–82 82–83 83–84 84–85 85–86 86–87 87–88 88–89
Golden Spin 3rd
Nebelhorn 3rd
Prague Skate 4th 5th
Skate Canada 7th
Universiade 2nd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 5th
National
U.S. Champ. 1st N 1st J 10th 13th 11th 6th 9th 7th 7th
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References

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  1. ^ "Results Book, Volume 2: 1974–current" (PDF). Skate Canada. pp. 87, 96. Archived from the original on September 20, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "1960–2015 Statistics Winter Universiades" (PDF). International University Sports Federation / sport.fi. January 1, 2016. pp. 52–55. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 3, 2017.
  3. ^ "Broadmoor Skating Club National Champions". Broadmoor Skating Club. Archived from the original on April 23, 2017.
  4. ^ Routon, Ralph (February 5, 1981). "Cygan up against 'wall', but not about to fall off". Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. p. 22.
  5. ^ Thomas Jr., Robert McG. (February 2, 1994). "FIGURE SKATING; Skating Panel Meets but Breaks With No Ruling". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Deardorff, Julie (February 20, 1994). "Thomas traded skates for scalpel". Chicago Tribune.