James Cygan

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

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

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.