Elladj Baldé
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Born | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | November 9, 1990
Hometown | Montreal, Quebec |
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Canada |
Coach | Bruno Marcotte, Manon Perron |
Skating club | CPA Anja Kinsmen |
Began skating | 1997 |
Elladj Baldé (born November 9, 1990) is a Canadian figure skater. He won the 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy, an ISU Challenger Series event. He is the 2008 Canadian Junior champion.
Personal life
Elladj Baldé was born November 9, 1990 in Moscow[1] to a Russian mother and a Guinean father, Ibrahim, from the village of Tombon, near Labé.[2][3] His elder sister, Djulde, died from leukemia.[3] After a year in Bonn, Germany during his sister's treatment,[4] the family moved to Canada in 1992.[5] He speaks English, French, and Russian.[5]
Career
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Elladj Baldé was introduced to skating at the age of seven by his mother.[6] Though at first he would hide his skates in an attempt to avoid practice,[7] he began to love skating when he was ten.[6]
Baldé won the junior silver medal at the 2007 Canadian Championships and won the junior title at the 2008 Canadian Championships. During the 2008–09 season, he won a pair of medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and made his senior national debut at the 2009 Canadian Championships, finishing 10th. Baldé was 8th at the 2009 World Junior Championships.
In 2009, Baldé underwent major surgery after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee, keeping him off the ice for six months.[8] His doctor gave the go-ahead to resume practicing triples after three months of lighter training on the ice.[8] He missed the entire 2009–10 season.
Baldé returned to competition the following season and placed 5th at the 2011 Canadian Championships. In late 2011, he moved to the United States to train with Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.[9] He was 4th at the 2012 Canadian Championships.
After identifying a problem with the blade positioning on one of his new boots, Baldé decided to compete at the 2013 Skate Canada International with an older left boot and new right boot, even though one was soft and the other stiff.[7] Both his knees were taped as a result of tendinitis.[7] In the short program, he landed his first quad toe in competition and added a double toe to the end.[7]
Baldé withdrew from the 2014 Skate Canada International on October 30, having sustained a concussion.[10] He relocated to Montreal in or before July 2015, joining Bruno Marcotte and Manon Perron.[11][12] He won an ISU Challenger Series event, the 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy, improving his personal best by 30 points.[13][14]
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2015–16 [15][11][12] |
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2014–15 [4][16] |
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2013–14 [9][17] |
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2012–13 [18] |
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2011–12 [19] |
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2008–09 [20] |
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2007–08 [21] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[22] | ||||||||||
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Event | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 |
Worlds | 18th | |||||||||
Four Continents | 18th | 11th | ||||||||
GP Cup of China | 11th | |||||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 6th | 11th | TBD | |||||||
GP Rostel. Cup | TBD | |||||||||
GP Skate Canada | 10th | 7th | 7th | WD | ||||||
CS Nebelhorn | 5th | 1st | ||||||||
CS U.S. Classic | 8th | |||||||||
Lombardia Trophy | 4th | |||||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 10th | 14th | ||||||||
International: Junior[22] | ||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 21st | 8th | ||||||||
JGP Final | 7th | |||||||||
JGP Czech Rep. | 6th | |||||||||
JGP Germany | 14th | |||||||||
JGP Mexico | 2nd | |||||||||
JGP Romania | 10th | |||||||||
JGP South Africa | 3rd | |||||||||
JGP U.K. | 7th | |||||||||
National[1] | ||||||||||
Canadian Champ. | 2nd J | 1st J | 10th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 7th | |
J: Junior level; TBD: Assigned; WD: Withdrew |
References
- ^ a b "Elladj Balde". Skate Canada. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
- ^ Mittan, Barry (August 9, 2008). "Balde Wins Canadian Junior Men's Gold". Skate Today.
- ^ a b Brannen, Sarah S. (March 17, 2015). "The Inside Edge: Emotional Baldé meets grandpa". IceNetwork.
- ^ a b Jangbro, Eva Maria (November 1, 2014). "Elladj Baldé: "You take both cultures and learn from them"". Absolute Skating.
- ^ a b Nealin, Laurie (February 24, 2009). "Balde seeking redemption in Sofia". IceNetwork. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ a b Boisvert, Philippe (February 23, 2008). ""Le patin, c'est ma vie" – Elladj Baldé". Cités Nouvelles (in French).
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- ^ a b Smith, Beverley (October 27, 2011). "Baldé always the thriller". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ a b "Elladj BALDE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2014.
- ^ Ewing, Lori (October 30, 2014). "Figure skaters Weaver and Poje enjoy being Canada's top team". CTV News. The Canadian Press.
- ^ a b Rutherford, Lynn (July 27, 2015). "Skaters gear up for new season at Skate Detroit". IceNetwork.
- ^ a b Smith, Beverley (October 6, 2015). "Change of scenery pushes Baldé to realize potentiale". IceNetwork.
- ^ Kany, Klaus-Reinhold (September 25, 2015). "Baldé takes gold behind dominant flamenco free". IceNetwork.
- ^ "Canada's Elladj Balde wins gold at international figure skating competition". The Canadian Press. Winnipeg Free Press. September 25, 2015. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015.
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- ^ "Elladj BALDE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013.
- ^ "Elladj BALDE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012.
- ^ "Elladj BALDE: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 28, 2009.
- ^ "Elladj BALDE: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Elladj BALDE". International Skating Union.
External links
Media related to Elladj Baldé at Wikimedia Commons