NEW YORK, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Under Armour Inc (UA.N) reported an 83 percent rise in quarterly profit, topping analyst estimates, helped by gains in its apparel business during the holiday quarter.

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The maker of athletic clothing and footwear said fourth-quarter net income rose to $15.2 million, or 30 cents per share, from $8.3 million, or 17 cents per share, a year earlier.

Revenue rose 24 percent to $222.2 million.

Analysts, on average, had been expecting earnings of 25 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. (Reporting by Dhanya Skariachan, editing by Maureen Bavdek)