Don Baldwin Explained

Don Baldwin
Country:United States
Birth Date:15 November 1977
Birth Place:Evanston, Illinois
Hometown:Peoria, Arizona
Partner:Tiffany Vise
Formerpartner:Jennifer Brunn
Formercoach:Lara Ladret
Doug Ladret
Jill Watson
Formerchoreographer:Doug Ladret
Grant Rorvick
Skating Club:Los Angeles FSC
Currenttraininglocations:Scottsdale, Arizona
Beganskating:1979
Retired:April 4, 2013
Combined Total:2011 Skate America
Combined Date:155.42
Sp Score:2011 Skate America
Sp Date:51.55
Fs Score:2011 Skate America
Fs Date:103.87

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.

Personal life

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.

Don Baldwin married Tiffany Vise on August 23, 2015, in San Diego, California.

Career

Early in his career, Baldwin competed with his sister Donna as well as Jennifer Brunn.

He teamed up with Tiffany Vise in March 2009. They won the senior pairs' event at the Pacific Coast Sectional Championships. Internationally, the pair won silver at the 2010 Ice Challenge in Graz, Austria, 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.

They announced their retirement from competition on April 4, 2013 and said that they would coach together at the Ice Den in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Programs

(with Vise)

SeasonShort programFree skating
2012–2013
  • Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

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  • Open Arms
2011–2012
  • Legends of the Fall
  • Time to Say Goodbye
2010–2011
  • Pirates of the Caribbean
  • Mona Lisa Overdrive
  • Gabriel's Oboe
2009–2010
  • Mona Lisa Overdrive
  • Gabriel's Oboe
  • Transformers

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix

With Vise

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