Elladj Baldé
| Elladj Baldé | |
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Baldé in 2011
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Canada |
| Born |
November 9, 1990 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Home town | Montreal, Quebec |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
| Coach | Bruno Marcotte |
| Former coach | Manon Perron, Yuka Sato, Jason Dungjen, Eric Therrien, Lynette Ouellette, Anna Sherbatov |
| Choreographer | Julie Marcotte |
| Former choreographer | Pasquale Camerlengo, Yuka Sato |
| Skating club | CPA Anjou Kinsmen |
| Former skating club | CPA Pierrefonds |
| Training locations | St. Leonard, Quebec |
| Former training locations | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Pierrefonds, Quebec |
| Began skating | 1997 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 242.36 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| Short program | 78.56 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| Free skate | 163.80 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy |
Elladj Baldé (born November 9, 1990) is a Canadian figure skater. He won the 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy, an ISU Challenger Series event. He is the 2008 Canadian Junior champion.
Elladj Baldé was born November 9, 1990 in Moscow to a Russian mother and a Guinean father, Ibrahim, from the village of Tombon, near Labé. His elder sister, Djulde, died from leukemia. After a year in Bonn, Germany during his sister's treatment, the family moved to Canada in 1992. He speaks English, French, and Russian.
Elladj Baldé was introduced to skating at the age of seven by his mother. Though at first he would hide his skates in an attempt to avoid practice, he began to love skating when he was ten.
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.
In 2009, Baldé underwent major surgery after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee, keeping him off the ice for six months. His doctor gave the go-ahead to resume practicing triples after three months of lighter training on the ice. He missed the entire 2009–10 season.
Baldé returned to competition the following season and placed 5th at the 2011 Canadian Championships. In late 2011, he moved to the United States to train with Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He was 4th at the 2012 Canadian Championships.
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