Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Home town Bloomfield Hills | Skating club Seattle SC Name Jean-Luc Baker | |
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Former partner Joylyn Yang, Nicole McClellan Choreographer | ||
Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean Luc Baker Lip Sync "My Humps" by The Black Eyed Peas
Jean-Luc Baker (born October 7, 1993) is an American ice dancer. With partner Kaitlin Hawayek, he is the 2014 World Junior champion, 2013 JGP Final silver medalist, and 2014 U.S. national junior champion.
Contents
- Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean Luc Baker Lip Sync My Humps by The Black Eyed Peas
- Personal life
- Early career
- 201213 season
- 201314 season
- 201415 season
- 201516 season
- 201617 season
- Competitive highlights
- References
Personal life
Jean-Luc Baker was born in Burnley, England. 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.
Baker was born with a club foot. At the age of four, he moved with his family to the United States. He attended Harbour Pointe Middle School and Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, Washington. After graduation, he moved to Detroit, Michigan to pursue his career. He has a black belt in taekwondo.
Early career
Jean-Luc Baker was introduced to ice skating by his parents in 1995. He was inspired to switch from singles to ice dancing by his mother. He teamed up with Joylyn Yang in the summer of 2006, with his parents coaching the duo. 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 7th in Japan and 10th in the Czech Republic. They were 6th on the junior level at the 2011 U.S. Championships.
2012–13 season
Baker teamed up with Kaitlin Hawayek in June 2012. 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 7th.
2013–14 season
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.
2014–15 season
Hawayek/Baker began the 2014–15 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.
2015–16 season
Baker sustained a concussion when Hawayek accidentally struck him with her arm in September 2015, just prior to the Labor Day weekend. He returned to limited training after two weeks and full training a week later.
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. After competing in the first segment, the duo decided to withdraw. They placed fifth at the 2016 U.S. Championships.
2016–17 season
Hawayek/Baker won the silver medal at the 2016 CS Autumn Classic International. Competing on the Grand Prix series, they finished 6th at the 2016 Skate Canada International and 4th at the 2016 NHK Trophy.
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix