Cindy Bortz-Gould is an American former

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. She is the 1987 World Junior Figure Skating champion.

Biography

Bortz was born and raised in

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, and is

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. She began skating at eight years old, and entered her first competition a year later. 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

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at the 1986 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships, beating silver medalist Susanne Becher of

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. During the competition she became the first junior woman to successfully perform the difficult Triple Lutz. She then came in second to Jill Trenary at the U.S. Olympic Sports Festival. Bortz won the 1987

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, Canada, at 15 years of age, and the 1987 Prize of Moscow. That year Bortz was a U.S. National Team alternate. In 1988, she won the Novarat Trophy in

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, and came in seventh at the 1988 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. In 1989, Bortz won the Prize of Moscow in Russia, and came in seventh at the

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. Bortz married in 1994. She coaches skating in

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. Bortz was inducted into the

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in 2006. Bortz-Gould appeared on TLC's show '' Ice Diaries'' in 2006, where one of her students, Danielle Kahle, was featured.

Results

References

External links

Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame page

Photo of Bortz-Gould with Kahle at the 2004 Junior Grand Prix Final
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Biography

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