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Jean-Luc Baker

Jean-Luc Baker (born October 7, 1993) is a British-American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Kaitlin Hawayek, he is the 2018 Four Continents champion, the 2018 NHK Trophy champion, and a four-time U.S. national bronze medalist (2019–22).

Jean-Luc Baker
Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker at the 2018 Internationaux de France
Born (1993-10-07) October 7, 1993 (age 30)
Burnley, England,
United Kingdom
HometownMontreal, Canada
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
DisciplineIce dance
PartnerKaitlin Hawayek (since 2012)
Joylyn Yang (2006–11)
Skating clubSeattle Skating Club
Began skating1995
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 TaipeiIce dance
U.S. Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 DetroitIce dance
Bronze medal – third place2020 GreensboroIce dance
Bronze medal – third place2021 Las VegasIce dance
Bronze medal – third place2022 NashvilleIce dance
World Team Trophy
Silver medal – second place2021 OsakaTeam
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 SofiaIce dance
Junior Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place2013–14 FukuokaIce dance

Earlier in their career, he and Hawayek became the 2014 World Junior champions, the 2013 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalists, and the 2014 U.S. national junior champions.[1]

Personal life

Jean-Luc Baker was born in Burnley, England.[2] He is the son of Sharon Jones Baker, who represented the United Kingdom in ice dancing at the 1988 Winter Olympics, and Stephen Baker, who competed for the U.K. in pair skating at the 1976 World Junior Championships.[3] His first name was inspired by the fictional character Captain Jean-Luc Picard of Star Trek: The Next Generation.[4]

Baker was born with a club foot.[5] When he was four, he moved to the United States with his family. He attended Harbour Pointe Middle School and Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, Washington. After graduation, he moved to Detroit, Michigan to pursue his career.[6] He has a black belt in taekwondo.[7]

Career

Early years

Jean-Luc Baker was introduced to ice skating by his parents in 1995.[2][8] He was inspired to switch from singles to ice dancing by his mother.[9] He teamed up with Joylyn Yang in the summer of 2006, with his parents coaching the duo.[7][10] They won U.S. national titles on the juvenile and intermediate levels and took the novice bronze medal at the 2010 U.S. Championships. The following season, Yang/Baker were assigned to two ISU Junior Grand Prix events, finishing seventh in Japan and tenth in the Czech Republic. They were sixth on the junior level at the 2011 U.S. Championships.

2012–2013 season: First season with Hawayek

Baker teamed up with Kaitlin Hawayek in June 2012.[11] They were sent to two JGP events and won the silver medal in Germany. Hawayek/Baker took the junior silver medal at the 2013 U.S. Championships and were assigned to the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan where they finished seventh.

2013–2014 season: World Junior title

During the 2013–14 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Hawayek/Baker won the gold medal in their JGP events at the JGP Mexico and the JGP Poland. Their results qualified them to the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where they won the silver medal. They then won the gold medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships, setting a new Junior World record for the overall score with a total of 157.12 points.

2014–2015 season: First Grand Prix medal

Hawayek/Baker began their season at an ISU Challenger Series event, the 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy. They finished fourth after placing fourth in the short and third in the free dance. Their Grand Prix assignments were the 2014 Rostelecom Cup and 2014 NHK Trophy, winning the bronze medal at the latter.[12]

2015–2016 season

Baker sustained a concussion when Hawayek accidentally struck him with her arm in September 2015, just before the Labor Day weekend.[13][14] He returned to limited training after two weeks and full training a week later.[13]

Hawayek/Baker finished fourth at the 2015 Skate America. Due to food poisoning, Hawayek vomited eight times in four hours during the night before the short dance at the 2015 Cup of China.[14] After competing in the first segment, the duo decided to withdraw. They placed fifth at the 2016 U.S. Championships.

2016–2017 season

Hawayek/Baker won the silver medal at the 2016 CS Autumn Classic International. Competing on the Grand Prix series, they finished sixth at the 2016 Skate Canada International and fourth at the 2016 NHK Trophy.

2017–2018 season: Four Continents title

Beginning the season at the 2017 CS U.S. Classic, Hawayek/Baker won the silver medal. Their Grand Prix assignments were the 2018 Skate Canada International, where they placed fourth, and the 2018 Skate America, where they placed fifth. Following the Grand Prix, they competed in a second Challenger event, the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, winning the bronze medal.

Hawayek/Baker won the pewter medal at the 2018 U.S. Championships and were assigned to the 2018 Four Continents Championships, as the top three teams were sent to the 2018 Winter Olympics. They won the gold medal at Four Continents, finishing 9.33 points ahead of silver medalists Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus. Baker remarked, "it was really awesome; it was a new experience for us. We’ve medaled at junior events and sporadically at senior events in Grand Prixs or senior Bs. It was a really cool experience, and we hope to do it more often in the future."[15]

Following the withdrawal of Maia and Alex Shibutani, they were named to the US team for the 2018 World Championships in Milan, where they placed tenth. On April 20, 2018, they announced that in the summer, they would begin training under Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[16]

2018–2019 season: Grand Prix gold, national bronze

Baker sustained a concussion during training in August 2018, and as a result, they withdrew from the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy.[17] At their first Grand Prix assignment, the 2018 NHK Trophy, the withdrawal of Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron due to injury left several teams competing for the gold medal. Hawayek/Baker came second in the rhythm dance, behind Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro, but narrowly placed first in the free dance, winning the title overall. Hawayek called it "just such a pleasure and honor to be here performing" and was especially pleased with their results, given they "had just three weeks of training fully recovered" prior.[18] They placed only fourth at the 2018 Internationaux de France, but their results qualified them for the Grand Prix Final in Vancouver, where they placed sixth.

At the 2019 U.S. Championships, Hawayker/Baker won the bronze medal. Reflecting on their move to Montreal, Hawayek called it "a great training center that we’re happy to be a part of. It makes us feel able to skate more openly and freely, and I think we’ll continue that for the next few years."[19] They were assigned to the 2019 Four Continents Championships, where they finished fifth, and the 2019 World Championships, where they placed ninth.

2019–2020 season

Beginning the season at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Hawayek/Baker placed fourth in the rhythm dance but took the silver medal overall after coming second in the free dance.

For their first Grand Prix assignment, they competed at 2019 Skate Canada International, where they were third after the rhythm dance.[20] In the free dance, they dropped behind the British team Fear/Gibson.[21] Competing at the 2019 Cup of China, Hawayek/Baker placed fifth in the rhythm dance after struggling on the Finnstep pattern dance.[22] Several errors in the free dance kept them in fifth in that segment as well, and overall.[23]

Hawayek/Baker placed third in the rhythm dance at the 2020 U.S. Championships and praised the crowd reception of their Saturday Night Fever program.[24] Third in the free dance, they also won their second national bronze medal.[25]

At the 2020 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, they placed seventh in the rhythm dance after a double fall out of their dance lift, which Hawayek described as "a fluke thing that happened."[26] Fifth in the free dance, they rose to sixth place overall.[27] They were assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were canceled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[28]

2020–2021 season

With the pandemic ongoing, Hawayek and Baker opted to return to live with Hawayek's parents in Buffalo, New York for the early months and were able to do some on-ice training when the rink in Buffalo was reopened as an essential workers' daycare, communicating with their coaches over Zoom. After quarantine, they returned to Montreal in June and rejoined their coaches at the Ice Academy of Montreal in July.[29] With the Grand Prix assigned based mainly on training location, Hawayek/Baker nevertheless were assigned to the 2020 Skate America in Las Vegas and crossed the border again to attend.[30] They won the silver medal.[31]

Returning to the United States again for the 2021 U.S. Championships, also held in Las Vegas, Hawayek/Baker placed third in the rhythm dance.[32] They were also third in the free dance, taking their third consecutive bronze medal.[33] They were assigned to the American team for the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm.[34] They placed eleventh in the rhythm dance and rose to ninth overall after the free dance.[35][36]

Hawayek/Baker were chosen as America's dance entry in the 2021 World Team Trophy and finished third in both segments, while Team USA won the silver medal.[37][38][39]

2021–2022 season: Beijing Olympics

For the Olympic season, the duo opted for a free program to Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in E minor and Nocturne in E minor, music that Hawayek said she had long dreamed of skating to, saying that "there is a lot of maturity and depth in this music. There is nostalgia, hopefulness, and happiness. I envisioned something that was not too heavy but also not too youthful."[40]

Hawayek sustained a concussion and received stitches to her head after a fall while practicing a lift in early July 2021.[41] As a result, Hawayek/Baker withdrew from both the 2021 U.S. Classic and their first Grand Prix assignment, the 2021 NHK Trophy. They competed for the first time at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, finishing in fifth place.[40] They also competed on the Challenger series at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, winning the gold medal.[1]

Hawayek/Baker entered the 2022 U.S. Championships seeking to make up ground on the previous year's pewter medalists, Green/Parsons, who had enjoyed a strong fall season while Hawayek/Baker were absent and recovering. Both teams made twizzle errors in the rhythm dance, with Hawayek/Baker in fourth place, 1.46 points behind Green/Parsons. Delivering a strong free dance, they were third in that segment and took their fourth consecutive bronze medal. She said afterward that "this means so much to us. It has not been a straight journey to this for us whatsoever over the last four years, especially over the last six months."[42] The following day, they were named to their first American Olympic team.[43]

Competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the dance event, Hawayek/Baker placed eleventh in the rhythm dance. For Hawayek, it was "an absolute joy to perform out there."[44] They were tenth in the free dance, remaining in eleventh overall.[45] For the Olympic gala, Baker choreographed Alysa Liu's program using the Itzy song "Loco," which was praised by both the musical group and its fans.[46]

Hawayek and Baker concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships, held in Montpellier, France. Russian skaters were banned from the event by the International Skating Union due to their country's invasion of Ukraine.[47] The team placed ninth in the rhythm dance, eighth in the free dance, and eighth overall.[48]

2022–2023 season

Hawayek and Baker enlisted Italian choreographer Massimo Scali to work on their rhythm dance for the new season, a program of Desi Arnaz's music inspired by Arnaz's dynamic with Lucille Ball. For the free dance, they chose music by Norwegian singer Askjell, citing his "very modern-day take on the essence of classical music."[49]

The team made their season debut at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, where they finished second behind Canadian training partners Fournier Beaudry/Sørensen.[50] Hawayek/Baker then began the Grand Prix at the 2022 Skate America, winning the silver medal and notably finishing first in the free dance due to technical errors by American gold medalists Chock/Bates. They finished 0.73 points behind Chock/Bates overall.[51] At their second assignment, the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo, Hawayek and Baker finished second in the rhythm dance, clearing the 80-point threshold for the first time with a score of 80.93.[52] They finished second in the free dance as well, taking their second Grand Prix silver medal and qualifying to the Grand Prix Final.[53][54]

Appearing at the Final in Turin, they were sixth of the six teams in the rhythm dance but rose to fifth place after Fournier Beaudry/Sørensen dropped following a fall in the free dance. Baker said they were "thrilled" with their performance but disappointed with their marks, vowing to "continue to build for our next events."[55]

On January 17, Hawayek/Baker announced that they were withdrawing from the 2023 U.S. Championships, saying that they had been dealing with "with significant physical injuries that have led to challenges in our mental health and we feel it is in our best interest to prioritize this currently." They said that they would petition to be included on the World Championship team on the strength of their results that season and in years prior.[56] Following the U.S. Championships, U.S. Figure Skating approved their petition, and they were announced as part of the World team on January 29.[57] However, on February 24 it was announced that they had withdrawn to further prioritize "their healing and mental health." They were replaced by Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko.[58]

2023–2024 season

Hawayek and Baker were assigned to the 2023 Grand Prix de France and 2023 NHK Trophy. However, they withdrew from those events on October 23 and October 25 due to Baker suffering a concussion.[59]

On January 15, Hawayek announced that they had "made the tough decision to take a step back from competing for the remainder of the season and reevaluate our options for future seasons."[60]

Programs

With Hawayek

SeasonShort danceFree danceExhibition
2023–2024
[61]
2022–2023
[62]
2021–2022
[63]
2020–2021
[64]
2019–2020
[65]
2018–2019
[66]

Austen Powers medley[67]

2017–2018
[68][69]

Austen Powers medley[67]

2016–2017
[2][69][70][5]
2015–2016
[71][72][73][74]
2014–2015
[8][75]
2013–2014
[9][76]
  • Happy Feet
  • It Had To Be You
    by Harry Connick
  • Sing, Sing, Sing
  • Amélie
    by Yann Tiersen
    • J'y suis jamais allé
    • Comptine d'un autre été : L'après-midi
    • La noyée
    • Sur le fil
2012–2013
[11]

With Yang

SeasonShort danceFree dance
2010–2011
[77]
2009–2010
[3]
2008–2009
[3][10]
2007–2008
[3]

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Kaitlin Hawayek

Competition placements at senior level [78][1]
Season 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Winter Olympics11th
World Championships10th9thC9th8th
Four Continents Championships5th1st5th6th
Grand Prix Final6th5th
U.S. Championships4th5th5th4th3rd3rd3rd3rd
World Team Trophy2nd
(3rd)
GP Cup of ChinaWD5th
GP Finland2nd
GP France4th
GP NHK Trophy3rd4th1st
GP Rostelecom Cup6th5th
GP Skate America4th5th2nd2nd
GP Skate Canada6th4th4th
CS Autumn Classic2nd
CS Finlandia Trophy4th2nd
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb2nd2nd3rd1st
CS Nebelhorn Trophy4th2nd
CS U.S. Classic2nd
Competition placements at junior level [78][1]
Season 2012–13 2013–14
World Junior Championships7th1st
Junior Grand Prix Final2nd
U.S. Championships2nd1st
JGP Germany2nd
JGP Mexico1st
JGP Poland1st
JGP Turkey5th

Ice dance with Joylyn Yang

Competition placements at junior level [79][3]
Season 2010–11
U.S. Championships6th
JGP Czech Republic10th
JGP Japan7th

Detailed results

Ice dance with Kaitlin Hawayek

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System 
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS202.462022 Grand Prix of Espoo
Rhythm danceTSS80.932022 Grand Prix of Espoo
TES45.682022 Grand Prix of Espoo
PCS35.252022 Grand Prix of Espoo
Free danceTSS122.952022 Skate America
TES69.392022 Skate America
PCS54.022022 Grand Prix of Espoo
ISU personal bests in the +3/-3 GOE System (from 2010–11) 
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS177.362016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Short danceTSS70.122016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
TES37.162016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
PCS32.962016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Free danceTSS107.242016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
TES54.742016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
PCS52.502016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
  • Small medals for the short program and free skating are only awarded at ISU Championships.
  • Medals at team events are awarded for the team result only. The individual placements at team events are listed in parentheses.

Senior level

Results in the 2014–15 season 
DateEventSDFDTotal
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 24–27, 2014 2014 CS Nebelhorn Trophy453.11389.204142.31
Nov 14–16, 2014 2014 Rostelecom Cup752.86683.476136.33
Nov 28–30, 2014 2014 NHK Trophy458.50387.913146.41
Jan 18–25, 2015 2015 U.S. Championships463.95498.504162.45
Feb 9–15, 2015 2015 Four Continents Championships658.31591.675149.98
Results in the 2015–16 season 
DateEventSDFDTotal
PScorePScorePScore
Oct 9–11, 2015 2015 CS Finlandia Trophy455.60777.264132.86
Oct 23–25, 2015 2015 Skate America456.54494.154150.69
Nov 6–8, 2015 2015 Cup of China458.35–––WD
Dec 2–5, 2015 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb258.76294.302153.06
Jan 15–24, 2016 2016 U.S. Championships563.02595.845158.86
Results in the 2016–17 season 
DateEventSDFDTotal
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2016 2016 CS Autumn Classic International362.70297.802160.50
Oct 28–30, 2016 2016 Skate Canada International665.01697.186162.19
Nov 28–30, 2016 2016 NHK Trophy565.414104.344169.75
Dec 7–10, 2016 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb270.122107.242177.36
Jan 14–22, 2017 2017 U.S. Championships472.60887.465160.06
Results in the 2017–18 season 
DateEventSDFDTotal
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 13–17, 2017 2017 CS U.S. International Classic356.65296.902153.55
Oct 27–29, 2017 2017 Skate Canada International563.104102.104165.20
Nov 24–26, 2017 2017 Skate America762.155101.385163.53
Dec 6–9, 2017 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb463.583100.303163.88
Jan 5–7, 2018 2018 U.S. Championships473.184114.434187.61
Jan 22–27, 2018 2018 Four Continents Championships169.081105.211174.29
Mar 21–24, 2018 2018 World Championships1563.4810101.8010165.28
Results in the 2018–19 season 
DateEventRDFDTotal
PScorePScorePScore
Nov 9–11, 2018 2018 NHK Trophy270.711113.921184.63
Nov 23–25, 2018 2018 Internationaux de France469.854111.624181.47
Dec 6–9, 2018 2018–19 Grand Prix Final671.335112.716184.04
Jan 19–27, 2019 2019 U.S. Championships376.773120.183196.95
Feb 7–10, 2019 2019 Four Continents Championships574.425115.455189.87
Mar 18–24, 2019 2019 World Championships975.9010113.169189.06
Results in the 2019–20 season 
DateEventRDFDTotal
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 25–28, 2019 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy475.772116.702192.47
Oct 25–27, 2019 2019 Skate Canada International379.524115.254194.77
Nov 8–10, 2019 2019 Cup of China574.705105.265179.96
Jan 21–26, 2020 2020 U.S. Championships382.593118.573201.16
Feb 4–9, 2020 2020 Four Continents Championships771.935116.566188.49
Results in the 2020–21 season 
DateEventRDFDTotal
PScorePScorePScore
Oct 23–24, 2020 2020 Skate America281.152121.322202.47
Jan 11–21, 2021 2021 U.S. Championships385.283127.273212.55
Mar 22–28, 2021 2021 World Championships1175.089113.439188.51
Apr 15–18, 2021 2021 World Team Trophy376.793110.162 (3)186.95
Results in the 2021–22 season 
DateEventRDFDTotal
PScorePScorePScore
Nov 25–28, 2021 2021 Rostelecom Cup573.725113.905187.62
Dec 9–11, 2021 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb274.601116.721191.32
Jan 3–9, 2022 2022 U.S. Championships479.393126.293205.68
Feb 12–14, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics1174.5810115.1611189.74
Mar 21–27, 2022 2022 World Championships976.568115.058191.61
Results in the 2022–23 season 
DateEventRDFDTotal
PScorePScorePScore
Oct 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy278.902118.552197.45
Oct 21–23, 2022 2022 Skate America279.121122.952202.07
Nov 25–27, 2022 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo280.932121.532202.46
Dec 8–11, 2022 2022–23 Grand Prix Final679.505118.565198.06

Junior level

Results in the 2012–13 season 
DateEventSDFDTotal
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 19–22, 2012 2012 JGP Turkey354.56673.435127.99
Oct 10–13, 2012 2012 JGP Germany258.66279.952138.61
Jan 20–27, 2013 2015 U.S. Junior Championships360.72289.022149.74
Feb 25 – Mar 3, 2013 2013 World Junior Championships1149.63674.727124.35
Results in the 2013–14 season 
DateEventSDFDTotal
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 4–7, 2013 2013 JGP Mexico156.11280.341136.45
Sep 18–21, 2013 2013 JGP Poland162.58182.261144.84
Dec 5–8, 2013 2013–14 JGP Final258.05281.372139.42
Jan 5–12, 2014 2014 U.S. Junior Championships165.30186.961152.26
Mar 10–16, 2014 2014 World Junior Championships166.73290.391157.12

References

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