Cynthia Diane Kauffman (

married name When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also used ...

: Marshall; born August 23, 1948, in

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ...

) is an American

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. With brother

Ronald Kauffman Ronald Lee "Ronnie" Kauffman (born December 25, 1946, in Seattle, Washington) is an American pair skater. With sister Cynthia Kauffman, he is a four-time (1966–1969) U.S. national champion and a three-time (1966–1968) World bronze medalist ...

, she is a four-time (1966–1969) U.S. national champion and a three-time (1966–1968) World bronze medalist. They represented the

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and the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

, placing 8th in 1964 and 6th in 1968. They were inducted into the

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in 1995.Hall of Fame Members: UNITED STATES HALL OF FAME

Competitive highlights

(with Kauffman)

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* * * American female pair skaters Olympic figure skaters for the United States Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Seattle 1948 births Living people World Figure Skating Championships medalists 21st-century American women 20th-century American women {{US-figure-skating-bio-stub