| Cindy Bortz | ||||||||
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| Full name | Cindy Bortz-Gould | |||||||
| Country represented |  United States | |||||||
| Born | Cindy Bortz Tarzana, California | |||||||
| Home town | Tarzana, California | |||||||
| Height | 4 ft 8 in (142 cm) | |||||||
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Cindy Bortz-Gould is an American former figure skater. She is the 1987 World Junior Figure Skating champion.
Bortz was born and raised in Tarzana, California, and is Jewish. [1] [2] [3] [4] She began skating at eight years old, and entered her first competition a year later. [2] [5] In 1985 she came in second in the Novice Level at the 1985 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
At age 14, 4-foot-8-inches tall and weighing 80 pounds, Bortz won the Junior Ladies gold medal at the 1986 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships, beating silver medalist Susanne Becher of West Germany. [6] During the competition she became the first junior woman to successfully perform the difficult Triple Lutz. [6] She then came in second to Jill Trenary at the U.S. Olympic Sports Festival. [5] [7]
Bortz won the 1987 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, at 15 years of age, and the 1987 Prize of Moscow. [8] [2] That year Bortz was a U.S. National Team alternate. [6]
In 1988 she won the Novarat Trophy in Budapest, Hungary, and came in seventh at the 1988 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. [8] In 1989, Bortz won the Prize of Moscow in Russia, and came in seventh at the 1989 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. [8]
Bortz married in 1994. She coaches skating in Simi Valley, California. [2]
Bortz was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. [9]
Bortz-Gould appeared on TLC's show Ice Diaries in 2006, where one of her students, Danielle Kahle, was featured.
| International | ||||
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| Event | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987–88 | 1988–89 |
| World Junior Championships | 1st | |||
| Prize of Moscow News | 1st | |||
| National | ||||
| U.S. Championships | 1st J. | 7th | 7th | |
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