As a junior speed skater she competed at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Norway in 1981, finishing 19th. During the 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships the Dutch Speed Skating Union announced that Kauffmann was taken out of the national selection because she focussed too much upon track cycling. As an elite skater she competed at the KNSB Dutch Allround Championships in 1982, 1983 and 1984. Her best classification was seventh; both in 1982 and 1983. She competed at the KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships in 1983 finishing ninth.