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
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June 24, 1963 Port Elgin, Ontario |
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| Height | 4 ft 11 in (150 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Paul Martini | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club |
Granite Club Oshawa FSC |
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Barbara Ann Underhill (born June 24, 1963) 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.
Underhill/Martini won gold at the 1978 World Junior Championships in Megève, France, ahead of Jana Blahová / Ludek Feno of Czechoslovakia. In 1979, they won their first senior national title and made their World Championship debut, finishing 11th. They placed 9th at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
Underhill/Martini finished fourth at the 1982 World Championships in Copenhagen, having placed fifth in the short program and fourth in the free skate. The pair reached the podium at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki. After placing third in both segments, they were awarded the bronze medal behind Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev of the Soviet Union and Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach of East Germany.
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