Elladj Baldé

Elladj Baldé
Personal information
Country represented  Canada
Born November 9, 1990 (1990-11-09) (age 21)
Moscow
Residence Pierrefonds, Quebec
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Coach Eric Therrien
Lynette Ouellette
Former coach Anna Sherbatov
Skating club CPA Pierrefonds
Current training locations Pierrefonds, Quebec
Began skating 1997

Elladj Baldé (born November 9, 1990 in Moscow) is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2008 Canadian Junior champion.

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Career

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.

Baldé missed the entire 2009–10 season due to injury. He returned the following season to place 5th at the 2011 Canadian Championships.

Personal life

Baldé's mother is Russian and his father is from Guinea.[1] His family sought treatment in Germany for his older sister who was diagnosed with leukemia but she died.[1] The family moved to Canada in 1992.[1] He speaks English, French, and Russian.[1]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2011–2012 Malaguena

Montana Skies
Futuro Flamenco
Girlfight (soundtrack)

"Dirty Diana," "Billie Jean," "Bad,"

"They Don't Care About Us" and "Man in the Mirror"
by Michael Jackson

2008–2009

Freedom
by Mei Li and Yin Yue Hui
performed by 12 Girls Band

Drum Solo from Ozlem
by Turku

Carmina Burana
(modern arrangement)
by Carl Orff

Competitive highlights

Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
World Junior Championships 21st 8th
Canadian Championships 2nd J. 1st J. 10th 5th
Skate Canada 10th
Nebelhorn Trophy 10th
Junior Grand Prix Final 7th
Junior Grand Prix, Mexico 2nd
Junior Grand Prix, South Africa 3rd
Junior Grand Prix, England 7th
Junior Grand Prix, Germany 14th
Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic 6th
Junior Grand Prix, Romania 10th

J = Junior level

References

  1. ^ a b c d Nealin, Laurie (February 24, 2009). "Balde seeking redemption in Sofia". Icenetwork. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090224&content_id=61532&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved September 18, 2011.