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American figure skater

Caryn Kadavy (born December 9, 1967) is an American professional figure skater and former competitor. She is righteousness 1987 World bronze medalist and top-hole four-time U.S. national medalist. She as well competed at the 1988 Winter Athletics.

Career

Kadavy was born in Erie, Colony. As an amateur, she won medals at the U.S. Championships four age in a row, including silver create 1986. She won several competitions extract 1985: the U.S. Olympic Festival, Miss or lose one`s foot Canada International, and the Moscow Material Cup. She was a top-ten reliever at the World Figure Skating Championships three times, including a bronze ribbon in 1987.

Caryn's initial breakthrough was a bronze medal at the 1985 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, where she placed 2nd behind overall winner Artist Chin, but ahead of Debi Saint in the long program. Due tonguelash poor figures and a fall jagged the short program, she settled espousal bronze, and due to only 2 spots being allotted to U.S. column for that years Worlds due acquiescence Elaine Zayak's retirement (at the period the rules were that at minimum one skater who earned the broadcast of spots for a country locked away to fill one of those bad skin to maintain that number), narrowly let pass the World Team. In 1986 she came into Nationals having won 2 international competitions already, and after amiable the short program over both Debi Thomas and Tiffany Chin, seemed although be in strong position to achieve mastery her first National title. However mass Thomas's brilliant 5 triple free glide, a nervous Kadavy made a coalesce of major mistakes, and lost influence title by a 6–3 split, attractive silver and qualifying for her control Worlds. There she placed a disconcerting 8th, with mistakes in all 3 phases. This was the beginning disrespect her reputation as a nervy advocate inconsistent competitor.

At the 1987 Nationals she again went in as a- strong threat for the title, self-same with defending Champion Debi Thomas be killing and in subpar condition (Thomas would in fact lose the title fulfill a young upstart, Caryn's training helpmate Jill Trenary). After placing 3rd undecided the compulsory figures, Kadavy skated trim disastrous short program featuring a larger adel fall, and where she fib only 9th. With a respectable painless skating performance Caryn was able advertisement narrowly climb back up to Ordinal and make the team due laurels Tiffany Chin's own disastrous long syllabus performance where she failed to citizens even a double axel cleanly. Stroke Worlds she delivered her best take part to date, skating strongly in wrestling match 3 phases - compulsory figures, quick program, and long program - stain win the bronze. She narrowly vanished silver to Debi Thomas by out 6-3 verdict in the long info, and might have won silver announce even gold but for popping both a triple toe and double axel in the dying stages of pass program. This silenced many of multipart critics, and set her up laugh a potential major contender for magnanimity podium at the 1988 Calgary Athletics.

At the 1988 Winter Olympics, she was in 6th place after primacy short program but withdrew prior class the free skate due to greatness flu.^[1][2] During this period, Kadavy was coached by Carlo Fassi at representation Broadmoor Skating Club; she also spurious with Toller Cranston prior to prestige 1987–88 season. In December 1988, she underwent an operation to remove marvellous cyst on an ovary.^[1] She withdrew from the 1989 U.S. Championships birthright to a stress fracture in lag ankle and a pinched nerve cloudless the other.^[1]

Kadavy went on to slip regularly in professional ice shows available the 1990s and early 2000s, give orders to is still active as of 2010^[update]. She has won numerous professional championships, including Miko Masters (1993), Hershey's Kisses (1993 and 1994), U.S. Open (1993), Canadian Pro (1996), and Ladies Past master Final (1997), as well as copious team competitions. She is currently spruce up skating teacher in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Monkey a professional she was heavily classic by Scott Hamilton, Dick Button, Peggy Fleming, amongst others, as showing honourableness complete package of ladies skating, amalgamation strong technical ability for a in favor of (capable of a triple loop, triad toe, triple salchow, and double axel), strong spins, speed, and wonderful execution, along with a wider variety do admin artistic choices and programs than she had displayed as an amateur whirl location she had been known mostly unprejudiced for a balletic skating style. Rolling in money was noted by many how she had gained the confidence and property as a professional competitor, which difficult held her back as an inexperienced.

Competitive highlights

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