American figure skater

Cindy Bortz

Personal information
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)

Medal record

Ladies' singles figure skating
Representing  the  United States

Cindy Bortz-Gould is an American former figure skater. She is the 1987 World Junior Figure Skating champion.

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Results
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links
* 6 Navigation

## Biography[edit]

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, 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.

## Results[edit]

International

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

## See also[edit]

* List of Jewish figure skaters

## References[edit]

1. ^ Wechsler, Bob (2008). "Day by Day in Jewish Sports History". KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 342.
2. ^ a b c d "Work with vets earns Minister of the Year title". January 29, 2006.
3. ^ "TEAM BORTZ: Tarzana Skater Depended on Family in Title Quest". Los Angeles Times. March 2, 1986.
4. ^ "Thirteen-year-old Katie Wood survived a dynamic freestyle skating performance..." UPI.
5. ^ a b "Today: Skater Cindy Bortz". UPI.
6. ^ a b c "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home". scjewishsportshof.com.
7. ^ Sell, Dave (July 28, 1986). "Soviet Skaters Warmly Received" - via www.washingtonpost.com.
8. ^ a b c "World Junior Figure Skating Championships Results: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-24.
9. ^ Shelburne, Ramona (January 28, 2006). "Injury slows Kapler down - a little". LA Daily News. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved November 22, 2006.

## External links[edit]

* Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame page
* Photo of Bortz-Gould with Kahle at the 2004 Junior Grand Prix Final

## Navigation[edit]

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World Junior champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles

* 1976:  Suzie Brasher
* 1977:  Carolyn Skoczen
* 1978:  Jill Sawyer
* 1979:  Elaine Zayak
* 1980:  Rosalynn Sumners
* 1981:  Tiffany Chin
* 1982:  Janina Wirth
* 1983:  Simone Koch
* 1984:  Karin Hendschke
* 1985:  Tatiana Andreeva
* 1986:  Natalia Gorbenko
* 1987:  Cindy Bortz
* 1988:  Kristi Yamaguchi
* 1989:  Jessica Mills
* 1990:  Yuka Sato
* 1991:  Surya Bonaly
* 1992:  Laëtitia Hubert
* 1993:  Kumiko Koiwai
* 1994:  Michelle Kwan
* 1995:  Irina Slutskaya
* 1996:  Elena Ivanova
* 1997:  Sydne Vogel
* 1998:  Julia Soldatova
* 1999:  Daria Timoshenko
* 2000:  Jennifer Kirk
* 2001:  Kristina Oblasova
* 2002:  Ann McDonough
* 2003:  Yukina Ota
* 2004:  Miki Ando
* 2005:  Mao Asada
* 2006:  Yuna Kim
* 2007:  Caroline Zhang
* 2008:  Rachael Flatt
* 2009:  Alena Leonova
* 2010:  Kanako Murakami
* 2011:  Adelina Sotnikova
* 2012:  Yulia Lipnitskaya
* 2013:  Elena Radionova
* 2014:  Elena Radionova
* 2015:  Evgenia Medvedeva
* 2016:  Marin Honda
* 2017:  Alina Zagitova
* 2018:  Alexandra Trusova
* 2019:  Alexandra Trusova
* 2020:  Kamila Valieva
* 2022:  Isabeau Levito

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