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Barbara Biography

Profile
Last Name FUSAR POLI 
Name  Barbara 
Date of birth February 6th, 1972
Sex  F 
Residence  Sesto San Giovanni 
Country  ITA 
Nazionality Italia 


Event
Skating of figure, Dance on the ice


General Interest
Nickname: Babi. (fusarpoli-margaglio.com 12/01/06)
Hobbies: Fashion, dresses and music. (ISU 12/01/06)
Occupation: Athlete
Marital Status: Married
Languages Spoken: Italian
Club: Agora Skating Team, Milan, Italy (fusarpoli-margaglio.com 12/01/06)
Coach: Roberto Pellizzola, Paola Mezzadri, and Tatiana Tarasova. (fusarpolimargaglio.com 21/09/05)
Sporting/Famous Relatives: Husband is Diego Cattani, an Olympic short track champion. (ISU 12/01/06)


Historical Results
Note: A complete explanation of data type and depth can be found in the Additional Information section of the biography
Rnk Event Year Venue
Olympic Winter Games
3 Ice Dancing 2002 Salt Lake City, UT, USA
World Championships
1 Ice Dancing 2001 Vancouver, CAN
2 Ice Dancing 2000 Nice, FRA
Grand Prix (ranking)
1 Ice Dancing 2001/2002
1 Ice Dancing 2000/2001
Grand Prix Final
1 Ice Dancing 2000/2001 Tokyo, JPN
2 Ice Dancing 1999/2000 Lyon, FRA
European Championships
1 Ice Dancing 2001 Bratislava, SVK


Additional Information
When and where did you begin this sport?
She started in 1982, in Italy. (fusarpoli-margaglio.com 12/01/06)

Training Regime
She trains daily at the Stadio del Ghiaccio Agora in Milan. (fusarpolimargaglio.com 21/09/05)

Awards and honours
Partnered with Margaglio, they are the first Italian skaters in history to claim a gold medal at the European Championships, a feat which they subsequently repeated at the World Championships. They are the first Italian ice dancers to win a medal at a European or World Championships. (ISU 18/11/05)

Other Information
CHOREOGRAPHY
Ludmilla Vlasova designs their programs. (ISU 12/01/06)

RETIREMENT AND COMEBACK
After being in retirement for three years, she and Maurizio Margaglio announced their return to competition on September 21, 2005. The pair's last competition was the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City where they won the bronze medal. The lure of a 'home' Olympic Games proved too great for the pair.

"The Olympics are in our country... how could we resist the temptation? We are working at our maximum level, are happy with ourselves as there could be nothing more to do, and the feed back at this stage of our preparation is great, the programs are coming together very well, we have found music we're enthusiast about and we are really, really happy,ö (torino2006.org 21/09/05)

FROM COACH TO RIVAL
While in retirement, Fusar-Poli had been coaching the young Italian ice dancing pair of Alessia Aureli and Andrea Vaturi. (ISU 18/11/05)


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Competition Highlights explanation
The following results are generally included in the competition highlights field. There can be small discrepancies for some sports due to the lack of sources for certain results. Note that the results are sorted on rank within a competition.

Results in Last Olympic Cycle:
- Full results at 2002 Olympic Winter Games and World Championships
- Full results in Overall World Cup Rankings
- Top 10 in Event World Cup/Grand Prix Rankings
- Top 3 at World Cup/Grand prix competitions
- Top 3 at European Championships (if ECh exists and is relevant within the sport)

Historical Results (before OWG 2002):
- Top 3 at Olympic Winter Games and World Championships
- Top 3 in Overall World Cup Rankings
- Top 1 in Event World Cup/Grand Prix Rankings
- Top 1 at European Championships (if ECh exists and is relevant within the sport)