James David "Jim" Grogan (December 7, 1931 – July 3, 2000) was an American

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who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Oslo Olympics. He also won four silver medals at the

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and at the

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. During his competitive career, he was coached by Edi Scholdan at the

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. After turning professional, he performed in Arthur Wirtz's Hollywood Ice Revue, with

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's European tour, and later in

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before taking up coaching. He founded a skating school at Squaw Valley and coached at the Ice Castle International Training Center in Lake Arrowhead, California for many years. He was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1991. Grogan was born in

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. He was married to 1960 Olympic pair champion Barbara Wagner, but they later divorced. He died suddenly of multiple organ failure on July 3, 2000, in

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. He was survived by his daughter and son and second wife Yasuko Grogan.

Competitive highlights

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grogan, James 1931 births 2000 deaths American male single skaters Figure skaters at the 1948 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in figure skating Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Tacoma, Washington Deaths from multiple organ failure 20th-century American sportsmen