Barbara Fusar-Poli
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Fusar-Poli and partner Maurizio Margaglio compete at the 2001 Grand Prix Final.
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| Country represented | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 February 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Sesto San Giovanni, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Maurizio Margaglio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Alberto Reani Matteo Bonfa |
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| Former coach | Roberto Pelizzola P. Mezzadri Natalia Linichuk |
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| Former choreographer | Ludmila Vlasova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Agora Skating Team, Milano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2002, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 183.46 2006 Olympics |
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| Comp. dance | 38.78 2006 Olympics |
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| Original dance | 51.73 2006 Olympics |
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| Free dance | 92.95 2006 Olympics |
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Barbara Fusar-Poli (born 6 February 1972) is an Italian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With partner Maurizio Margaglio, she is the 2001 World champion, 2001 European champion, and 2002 Olympic bronze medalist. They won nine Italian titles and competed at three Olympics.
Early in her career, Fusar-Poli competed with Matteo Bonfa and then Alberto Reani. After Reani retired, she asked Maurizio Margaglio to skate with her. She and Margaglio began skating on the senior level in 1994-95, and enjoyed some success in the first years of their career, including winning several Grand Prix medals. In 1999-2000, they won their first medals at the European and World Championships, finishing in second place at both events.
The following season was very successful for the duo, who won every event they entered and became the first Italians to win a World title in any discipline. They were not as successful in 2001-02, dropping to second at the Europeans and finishing third at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Their medal at the Olympics was not without some controversy, after Margaglio fell during the free dance portion. The result was protested by the Lithuanian team, who had finished fifth, but the protest was denied. Fusar-Poli/Margaglio did not compete at the 2002 World Championships and would not return to eligible skating until the 2005-06 season.
With the 2006 Winter Olympics being held in Turin, Fusar-Poli/Margaglio decided to return and compete in their home country. They did not skate in any international events prior to the Olympics, but did win the Italian National Championships. The Olympics were their first international event under the new scoring system adopted by the ISU, but, Fusar-Poli/Margaglio nonetheless held a narrow lead after the compulsory dance portion of the event, ahead of two-time world champions Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov. This result was described in some news stories at the time as "shocking". In the original dance, Fusar-Poli/Margaglio were performing a rotational lift with only seconds left in their program when Margaglio lost his balance, dropped Fusar-Poli, and fell to the ice himself. Following this conclusion to the program, Fusar-Poli stood glaring at her partner for approximately thirty seconds before the couple took their bows and left the ice. They dropped to seventh overall, but moved up to sixth place after a clean free dance, and told the media that the incident at the end of the original dance had reflected their anger at the mistake rather than at each other. Several years later, Fusar-Poli said that there were Swarovski crystals on the ice from the costumes of earlier competitors, but that the fall was a result of their own mistake and not the ice conditions. The Olympics were Fusar-Poli/Margaglio's final competitive event together, but they continued to perform in shows.
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