TJ Nyman
Feng/Nyman at the 2019 World Junior Championships
Born (2000-04-08) April 8, 2000 (age 23)
London, England, United Kingdom
HometownMelbourne, Florida
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
Began skating2001

Tommy-Jo "TJ" Nyman (born April 8, 2000) is an American pair skater. With his former skating partner, Sarah Feng, he is the 2018 JGP Czech Republic bronze medalist and the 2018 U.S. junior national silver medalist. The pair placed within the top five at the 2019 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Nyman was born on April 8, 2000, in London, England, United Kingdom.[1] His mother, Katie, is a figure skating coach and his father, Peter, is a hockey coach.[2] Nyman has an older sister named Mimmi.[2]

Career

Early career

As a singles skater, Nyman is the 2014 U.S. national juvenile and 2015 U.S. national intermediate champion. He concurrently competed pairs during his singles career, after pairing with Sarah Rose during the 2013–14 season. They are the 2014 U.S. national juvenile bronze medalists.

2016–2017 season

Nyman teamed up with former ice dancer Sarah Feng in April 2017.[2] The two were introduced by their coach, Dalilah Sappenfield.[3]

2017–2018 season

Feng/Nyman received their first Junior Grand Prix assignment in the 2017–18 season. They placed 8th at 2018 JGP Croatia.

Feng/Nyman won gold at 2017–18 Pacific Sectionals to qualify for Nationals in their first season together. They won silver at 2018 U.S. Nationals in junior pairs after skating together for less than a year.[3] As a result, they were named to the U.S. team for the 2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, along with winners Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov.[3] Feng/Nyman finished eighth at the competition. Combined with Lu/Mitrofanov's fifth-place finish, they earned three spots for U.S. pairs at the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships for the first time since 2016.[4]

2018–2019 season

Feng/Nyman opened their season at 2018 JGP Canada, where they finished sixth. They won their first international medal, a bronze, at 2018 JGP Czech Republic.[5] Their results earned them a berth to the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final in December in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[5] At the Junior Grand Prix Final, they withdrew after the short program due to Feng's injury. Despite withdrawing from 2019 U.S. Nationals, Feng/Nyman were named to the team for the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, where they placed fifth. Their placement, combined with teammates Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow's sixth-place finish, retained three spots for U.S. pairs.

2019–2020 season

Feng/Nyman began their season at Skate Detroit but on August 23, Nyman announced the end of their partnership.[6]

On May 29, he announced that he had been paired with Nadezhda Labazina of Russia.[7] The two never competed together after Labazina returned to Russia during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

2020–2021 season

On February 19, his coach, Dalilah Sappenfield, announced his new partnership with Brynne McIsaac.[9]

On June 11, 2021, the German Ice Skating Union announced that they had released Aljona Savchenko, 37, to continue her competitive career in the United States.[10] Nyman was named as Savchenko's partner and the two are training in Monument, Colorado.[11] Less than two months later, though, Benoit Richaud said that Savchenko was looking for a new partner, indicating the two had split.[12]

Programs

With Feng

Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
2018–2019
[1]
  • Farrucas
2017–2018
[13]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Pairs with Feng

International[14]
Event 2017–18 2018–19
Junior Worlds 8th 5th
JGP Final WD
JGP Canada 6th
JGP Croatia 8th
JGP Czech Republic 3rd
National[2]
U.S. Championships 2nd J WD
Pacific Coast Sectionals 1st J
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Pairs with Rose

National
Event 2013–14
U.S. Championships 3rd V
Eastern Sectionals 1st V
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice

Men's singles

National[15]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
U.S. Championships 1st V 1st I 11th J
Eastern Sectionals 7th J 1st J 1st I 4th J
South Atlantic Regionals 4th J 1st J 1st I 3rd N
Levels: V= Juvenil; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior

References

  1. ^ a b "Sarah FENG / TJ NYMAN: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Sarah Feng and TJ Nyman". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019.
    "Earlier versions". Archived from the original on July 1, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c DeWerff, Sue (January 11, 2018). "Local skating duo take silver at Nationals". Florida Today.
  4. ^ "United States Wins One Medal at World Junior Championships" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. March 10, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Team USA Earns Six Medals at Two Competitions This Weekend" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. September 29, 2018.
  6. ^ "Tommy on Instagram: "It's with heartfelt sadness that Sarah and I decided to end our partnership. I'm so very thankful for the incredible journey we had and all…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  7. ^ Nyman, TJ (May 29, 2020). "Hello everyone :) Yes I'm still a pair skater and this is my partner Nadya" (Instagram).
  8. ^ Samokhvalov, Anatoly (June 13, 2021). "Мозер: новый партнер Савченко – американская копия Транькова" [Mozer: Savchenko's new partner is the American copy of Trankov]. RIA Novosti (in Russian).
  9. ^ Sappenfield, Dalilah (February 19, 2021). "New partnership alert 🚨. Happy to announce the new partnership of @brynnemcisaac and @tommyxjo. We're excited and looking forward to developing this team. Let the journey begin😊🙌👊". Instagram.
  10. ^ Lechner, Pamela (June 11, 2021). "Paarlauf-Olympiasiegerin Aljona Savchenko wechselt zum US-Verband" [Pair skating Olympic champion Aljona Savchenko moves to the US federation] (in German). Deutsche Eislauf-Union.
  11. ^ "Olympiasiegerin Savchenko macht doch noch weiter – in den USA" [Olympic champion Savchenko is still continuing – in the USA]. Der Spiegel (in German). June 11, 2021.
  12. ^ Zinchenko, Denis (August 2, 2021). "Сергей Розанов дал первое интервью после ухода из "Ангелов Плющенко"" [Sergei Rozanov gave his first interview after leaving "Angels Plushenko"]. Sobesednik.ru (in Russian).
  13. ^ "Sarah FENG / TJ Nyman: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.
  14. ^ "Sarah FENG / TJ NYMAN: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019.
  15. ^ "Tommy-Jo Nyman". Stats on Ice. Retrieved October 8, 2018.

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