Barbara Underhill
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![]() Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini, March 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Barbara Ann Underhill | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pembroke, Ontario | June 24, 1963|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft (152 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Partner | Paul Martini | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Granite Club Oshawa FSC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | April 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Barbara Ann Underhill(born June 24, 1963) is a hockey skating coach andCanadianformerpair skater.With partnerPaul Martini,she is the 1984World champion,the 1979–1983Canadian national champion,and the 1978World Junior champion.They representedCanada at the 1980 Winter Olympics,where they placed 9th, andat the 1984 Winter Olympics,where they placed 7th. In 2009, she was named to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Since retiring from competition, Underhill has worked as a skating coach for several National Hockey League teams.[1]
Career
[edit]Partnership with Martini
[edit]Underhill/Martini won gold at the 1978World Junior ChampionshipsinMegève,France, ahead of Jana Blahová / Ludek Feno of Czechoslovakia. In 1979, they won their first senior national title and made theirWorld Championshipdebut, finishing 11th. They placed 9th at the1980 Winter OlympicsinLake Placid, New York.
Underhill/Martini finished fourth at the1982 World ChampionshipsinCopenhagen,having placed fifth in the short program and fourth in the free skate. The pair reached the podium at the1983 World ChampionshipsinHelsinki.After placing third in both segments, they were awarded the bronze medal behindElena Valova/Oleg Vasilievof the Soviet Union andSabine Baeß/Tassilo Thierbachof East Germany.
In February 1984, Underhill/Martini finished 7th at theWinter OlympicsinSarajevo.In March, they competed at the1984 World ChampionshipsinOttawa.Ranked second to Olympic gold medalists Valova/Vasiliev in the short program and first in the free skate, Underhill/Martini won Canada's first world figure skating title sinceKaren Magnussenin 1973.[2]
Later career
[edit]Underhill worked for 16 years as a skating TV commentator until 2006.[3]She then began working with hockey players to develop their speed and power.[3][4]Underhill initially worked with theGuelph Storm,of which her husband Rick Gaetz is a part owner.[1]She then began working with NHL teams—first theAnaheim Ducks,followed by theNew York Rangersand theTampa Bay Lightning.[1][3]Underhill was named in the 2011 edition ofThe Hockey News's list of the 100 most influential people in ice hockey due to her power skating coaching.[5]Underhill joined theNational Hockey League'sToronto Maple Leafsas the team's Skating Consultant on April 20, 2012.[6]
Underhill also appeared onCBC TV'sBattle of the Blades.
Personal life
[edit]Underhill was born in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada. Underhill married Rick Gaetz, with whom she has two sons, Matthew and Scott, all of whom are involved in hockey.[3]On September 15, 1992, she had twin girls, Sam and Stephanie, but lost Stephanie in a drowning accident on Saturday, May 29, 1993, hours before Game 7 betweenLos Angeles KingsandToronto Maple LeafsatMaple Leaf Gardens.[7][8]In 1998, she started the Stephanie Gaetz Keepsafe Foundation to reduce injuries in childhood, with a focus on water safety.[7]
Competitive highlights
[edit](with Martini)
International | |||||||
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Event | 77–78 | 78–79 | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 | 82–83 | 83–84 |
Winter Olympics | 9th | 7th | |||||
World Champ. | 11th | 11th | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | |
Skate America | 1st | ||||||
NHK Trophy | 1st | 1st | |||||
Prize of Moscow News | 5th | ||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st | ||||||
Ennia Challenge Cup | 5th | 1st | |||||
St. Gervais | 1st | ||||||
International: Junior | |||||||
World Junior Champ. | 1st | ||||||
National | |||||||
Canadian Champ. | 1st J. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
J. = Junior level |
References
[edit]- ^abcRiches, Sam (March 14, 2014)."The Woman Who's Teaching the NHL How to Skate".Pacific Standard.RetrievedMarch 18,2014.
- ^Goldstein, Wesley (March 23, 1984)."For Canada's Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini, two weeks..."UPI.Archivedfrom the original on March 15, 2016.
- ^abcdElfman, Lois (May 19, 2011)."Underhill giving hockey players the edge".IceNetwork.RetrievedJune 18,2011.
- ^Feschuk, Dave (July 15, 2013)."Maple Leafs making strides with Barbara Underhill".Toronto Star.
- ^The Hockey News, Volume 64, Number 14, January 17, 2011, p.23, Publisher: Caroline Andrews, Transcontinental Media
- ^"Leafs hire ex-figure skater as skating coach".Sportsnet.April 20, 2012.
- ^abEgan, Kelly (October 28, 2005)."Her fairy tale life was over when her child fell into a pool".Ottawa Citizen.Canada.com.Archivedfrom the original on March 20, 2016.
- ^Hudson, Kathryn (April 2010)."Barbara Underhill: Skating superstar".More.ca.Archived fromthe originalon April 2, 2012.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Barbara Underhill".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon April 18, 2020.
- "Skate Canada Results Book – Volume 1 – 1896 – 1973"(PDF).Skate Canada.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on November 22, 2010.
- "Skate Canada Results Book – Volume 2 – 1974 – current"(PDF).Skate Canada.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on April 8, 2008.
- "Canadian National Championships Medallists"(PDF).Skate Canada.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on September 20, 2009.
- "World Figure Skating Championships Results: Pairs Medalists"(PDF).International Skating Union.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on December 5, 2013.
- "World Junior Figure Skating Championships Results: Pairs Medalists"(PDF).International Skating Union.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on October 30, 2012.
External links
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- Stephanie Gaetz Keepsafe Foundation– Organization in memory of her late daughter
- Pairs on Ice: Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini
- Barbara UnderhillatCanada's Sports Hall of Fame
- Barbara UnderhillatTeam Canada
- Barbara UnderhillatOlympics.com
- Barbara Underhillat Olympic.org (archived)
- Barbara UnderhillatOlympedia
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Canadian female pair skaters
- Battle of the Blades participants
- Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters for Canada
- Sportspeople from Oshawa
- Skating people from Ontario
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Women in the National Hockey League