Barbara Underhill

Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini, March 1983
Personal information
Full name	Barbara Ann Underhill
Born	(1963-06-24)June 24, 1963 (age 62) Pembroke, Ontario
Height	5 ft (152 cm)
Figure skating career
Country	Canada
Partner	Paul Martini
Skating club	Granite Club Oshawa FSC
Retired	April 1998
Medal record Pairs'figure skating Representing Canada World Championships 1984 Ottawa Pairs 1983 Helsinki Pairs World Junior Championships 1978 Megève Pairs

Barbara Ann Underhill (born June 24, 1963) is a hockey skating coach andCanadian formerpair 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]

Underhill was born in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada. She began skating at the age of 5.^[2]

Underhill and Martini began skating together in the summer of 1977.^[3] They won gold in junior pairs at the 1978 Canadian figure skating championships.^[4] They also won theWorld Junior Championships that same year inMegève, France.^[5] In 1979, they won their first senior national title and made theirWorld Championship debut, finishing 11th. They placed 9th at the1980 Winter Olympics inLake Placid, New York.^[6]

Underhill/Martini finished fourth at the1982 World Championships inCopenhagen, having placed fifth in the short program and fourth in the free skate. The pair reached the podium at the1983 World Championships inHelsinki. After placing third in both segments, they were awarded the bronze medal behindElena Valova /Oleg Vasiliev of the Soviet Union andSabine Baeß /Tassilo Thierbach of East Germany.

In February 1984, Underhill/Martini finished 7th at theWinter Olympics inSarajevo. In March, they competed at the1984 World Championships inOttawa. 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 Magnussen in 1973.^[7]

Underhill worked for 16 years as a skating TV commentator until 2006.^[8] She then began working with hockey players to develop their speed and power.^[8][9] She initially worked with theGuelph Storm, of which her husband is a part owner.^[1] She then began working with NHL teams—first theAnaheim Ducks, followed by theNew York Rangers and theTampa Bay Lightning.^[1][8] 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.^[10] Underhill joined theNational Hockey League'sToronto Maple Leafs as the team's Skating Consultant on April 20, 2012.^[11]Underhill also appeared onCBC TV'sBattle of the Blades.^[12]

Underhill married Rick Gaetz, with whom she has two sons, Matthew and Scott, all of whom are involved in hockey.^[8] On September 15, 1992, she had twin girls, Sam and Stephanie, but lost Stephanie in a drowning accident on Saturday, May 29, 1993, just a few hours before Game 7 betweenLos Angeles Kings andToronto Maple Leafs atMaple Leaf Gardens.^[13][14] In 1998, she started the Stephanie Gaetz Keepsafe Foundation to reduce injuries in childhood, with a focus on water safety.^[13][15]

(with Martini)

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