Cindy Bortz

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.

• List of Jewish figure skaters

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