John Baldwin (figure skater)

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

Most Recent Results:
Event	Points	Finish	Year
Olympic Winter Games	175.01	7th	2006
World Championships	183.17	4th	2006
Four Continents	168.89	1st	2006
National Championships	181.05	1st	2006
Grand Prix Final	155.72	6th	2004–05

John Baldwin, Jr. (born October 18, 1973 in Dallas, Texas) is an American figure skater. He currently competes in pair 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.

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.

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. 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

(with Inoue)

Event	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Olympic Games						7th
World Championships			10th	10th	11th	4th
Four Continents		7th		4th		1st
U.S. Championships	11th	4th	3rd	1st	2nd	1st

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