Barbie Smith Explained

Native Name:Barbie Smith
Occupation:Figure skater
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Country:United States of America
Sport:Figure skater
Team:U.S

Barbie Smith is an American former competitive figure skater. She won the silver medal in ladies' singles at the 1977 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and finished fourth at the World Figure Skating Championships that year.[1]

Life

In February 1977 she competed in Hartford, Conn in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and she was a favourite.[2]

Although Linda Fratianne had become the first female skater to land two different types of triple jumps (toe loop and Salchow) in her free skating programs in 1976 at the U.S. National Championships. She might have been beaten by Barbie Smith who landed a triple, but Carroll was aware of her abilities, and he required that Fratiianne should land two triples. This pushed Smith into second place and Fratianne took the gold.[2]

She finished fourth at the World Figure Skating Championships that year.

Results

Event197519761977
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4th WD 2nd

Notes and References

  1. News: Miss Fratianne Takes World Figure Skating Championship . en . The New York Times . 2023-02-27.
  2. Web site: Bruce. Jeannette. Great, big wonderful whirl. 2022-01-21. Sports Illustrated Vault SI.com. en-us.