John Baldwin (figure skater)

For other people named John Baldwin, see John Baldwin (disambiguation).

John Baldwin
Rena Inoue and John Baldwin
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Partner	Rena Inoue
Coach	Peter Oppegard
Skating club	All Year FSC

John Baldwin, Jr. (born October 18, 1973 in Dallas, Texas) is an American figure skater. He currently competes in pairs figure skating with Rena Inoue, his partner both on and off the ice. They have twice won gold medals at the United States Figure Skating Championships and finished 7th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Previously, he competed as a singles' skater, with a best finish of 9th at Nationals in 1995. He only one medal as a singles skater, a bronze at the 1990 World Jr. Championships.

Career

Baldwin and Inoue were the first pair to successfully perform a throw triple Axel in competition at the 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. They made Olympic history by landing it again during their short program at the 2006 Winter Games. They fell on their throw triple Axel in their free skate at the 2006 Winter Games

Baldwin and Inoue earned the gold medal at the 2006 Skate America event after winning the short program and placing second in the free skate. They won the silver medal at Skate Canada the next week; and finally took the silver at Trophee Eric Bompard one week later. They officially qualified for the Grand Prix Final at the conclusion of the pair's event at the NHK Trophy competition, the last competition in the grand prix. Their goals for the 2006/2007 season is to make history (once again) and land a quad throw. They also want to win the 2007 National, World and Four Continent Championships.

Competitive highlights

Pairs (with Inoue)

Event	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007
Olympic Games						7th
World Championships			10th	10th	11th	4th	8th
Four Continents		7th		4th		1st	3rd
U.S. Championships	11th	4th	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd
Grand Prix Final					6th		4th
Skate America					3rd	2nd	1st
Skate Canada Int.							2nd
Bofrost Cup			5th
Cup of China				5th
Trophee Eric Bompard						4th	2nd
Cup of Russia			5th
NHK Trophy				4th	4th

Men's Singles

Event	1989-1990		1993-1994	1994-1995	1995-1996	1996-1997	1997-1998	1998-1999	1999-2000
World Junior Championships	3rd
U.S. Championships			13th	9th	11th	13th	12th	13th	15th

External links

• John Baldwin at U.S. Figure Skating (archived)
• John Baldwin at the International Skating Union
• John Baldwin's U.S. Olympic Team bio