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]
| James Cygan | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Jim Cygan |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | United States |
| Coach | Carlo Fassi |
| Skating club | Broadmoor Skating Club |
| Retired | c. 1989 |
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 edit
| 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 | 6th | 9th | 7th | 7th | |
| Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior | |||||||||
References edit
- ^ "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) - ^ "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.
- ^ "Broadmoor Skating Club National Champions". Broadmoor Skating Club. Archived from the original on April 23, 2017.
- ^ Routon, Ralph (February 5, 1981). "Cygan up against 'wall', but not about to fall off". Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. p. 22.
- ^ Thomas Jr., Robert McG. (February 2, 1994). "FIGURE SKATING; Skating Panel Meets but Breaks With No Ruling". The New York Times.
- ^ Deardorff, Julie (February 20, 1994). "Thomas traded skates for scalpel". Chicago Tribune.