Don Baldwin (born November 15, 1977) is an American former competitive pair skater. With Tiffany Vise, he is the 2010 Ice Challenge silver medalist and 2012 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic bronze medalist. They were a mirror pair team, with Baldwin spinning counter-clockwise and Vise spinning clockwise.
Don Baldwin | |
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![]() Baldwin with Vise in 2011 | |
Personal information | |
Country represented | United States |
Born | (1977-11-15) November 15, 1977 (age 44) Evanston, Illinois |
Home town | Peoria, Arizona |
Partner | Tiffany Vise |
Former partner | Jennifer Brunn |
Former coach | Lara Ladret Doug Ladret Jill Watson |
Former choreographer | Doug Ladret Grant Rorvick |
Skating club | Los Angeles FSC |
Training locations | Scottsdale, Arizona |
Began skating | 1979 |
Retired | April 4, 2013 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 2011 Skate America 155.42 |
Short program | 2011 Skate America 51.55 |
Free skate | 2011 Skate America 103.87 |
Baldwin has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He is the brother of John Baldwin, also a competitive pair skater, and the son of John Baldwin, Sr.[1]
Don Baldwin married Tiffany Vise on August 23, 2015, in San Diego, California.[2]
Early in his career, Baldwin competed with Jennifer Brunn.
He teamed up with Tiffany Vise in March 2009.[3] They won the senior pairs' event at the Pacific Coast Sectional Championships.[4] Internationally, the pair won silver at the 2010 Ice Challenge in Graz, Austria,[5] and bronze at the 2012 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic. They received three Grand Prix assignments and finished 6th at all three events. They were coached by Lara Ladret and Doug Ladret in Scottsdale, Arizona.[6]
They announced their retirement from competition on April 4, 2013 and said that they would coach together at the Ice Den in Scottsdale, Arizona.[1]
(with Vise)
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2012–2013 [3][6] |
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2011–2012 [7] |
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2010–2011 [3] |
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2009–2010 [3] |
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GP: Grand Prix
International[8] | ||||
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Event | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 |
GP Rostelecom Cup | 6th | |||
GP Skate America | 6th | |||
GP Skate Canada | 6th | |||
Ice Challenge | 2nd | |||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 7th | |||
U.S. Classic | 3rd | |||
National[3] | ||||
U.S. Champ. | 8th | 6th | 9th | 10th |
Pacific Coast Sect. | 1st |
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