Barbara Underhill
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Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini, March 1983
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Full name | Barbara Ann Underhill | |||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Port Elgin, Ontario |
June 24, 1963 |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 4'11" (150 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Paul Martini | |||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Granite Club Oshawa FSC |
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Medal record
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Barbara Ann Underhill (born June 24, 1963 in Port Elgin, Ontario) is a Canadian former pair skater. With partner Paul Martini, she is the 1984 World champion, the 1979–1983 Canadian national champion, and the 1978 World Junior champion. They represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics, where they placed 9th, and at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where they placed 7th. In 2009 she was named to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.[1]
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Post-competitive career
Underhill worked for 16 years as a skating TV commentator until 2006.[2] She then began working with hockey players to develop their speed and power.[2][3]
Underhill initially worked with the Guelph Storm, of which her husband Rick Gaetz is a part owner.[1] She then began working with NHL teams—first the Anaheim Ducks, followed by the New York Rangers and the Tampa Bay Lightning.[1][2] Underhill was named in the 2011 edition of The Hockey News's list of the 100 most influential people in ice hockey due to her power skating coaching.[4]
Underhill joined the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs as the team's Skating Consultant on April 20, 2012.[5]
Underhill also appeared on CBC TV's Battle of the Blades.
Personal life
Underhill married Rick Gaetz, with whom she has two sons, Matthew and Scott, all of whom are involved in hockey.[2] On September 15, 1992, she had twin girls, Sam and Stephanie, but lost Stephanie in a drowning accident on May 29, 1993.[6][7] In 1998 Underhill started the Stephanie Gaetz Keepsafe Foundation to reduce injuries in childhood, with a focus on water safety.[6]
Competitive highlights
(with Martini)
Event | 1977–78 | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 |
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Winter Olympic Games | 9th | 7th | |||||
World Championships | 11th | 11th | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | |
World Junior Championships | 1st | ||||||
Canadian Championships | 1st J. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
Skate America | 1st | ||||||
NHK Trophy | 1st | 1st | |||||
Prize of Moscow News | 5th | ||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st | ||||||
Ennia Challenge Cup | 5th | 1st | |||||
Coupe des Alpes | 1st | ||||||
J. = Junior level |
References
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- Sports-reference profile
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External links
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- Stephanie Gaetz Keepsafe Foundation – Organization in memory of her late daughter
- Pairs on Ice: Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Canadian female pair skaters
- Battle of the Blades participants
- Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters of Canada
- Sportspeople from Oshawa
- Skating people from Ontario
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
- World Figure Skating Hall of Fame inductees
- Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame inductees