Biography

PAIRS


Date of birth:	17.10.1976	Rena INOUE USA
Place of birth:	Nishinomiya JPN
Height:	149 cm
Home town:	Santa Monica
Profession:	Clerk
Hobbies:	reading, swimming, restaurants, pets, camping
Start sk. / Club:	1980 / All Year FSC
Former Partners	Tomoaki Koyama


Date of birth:	18.10.1973	John BALDWIN USA
Place of birth:	Dallas, Texas
Height:	175 cm
Home town:	Santa Monica, CA
Profession:	full-time athlete
Hobbies:	boating, tennis, cooking, biking, poker
Start sk. / Club:	1975 / All Year FSC
Former Partners	Tristan Colell

Coach:	Philipp Mills
Choreographer:	Philipp Mills
Former Coach:	Jill Watson, Peter Oppegard
Practice low season:	h / week at Paramount CA
Practice high season:	h / week at Paramount CA

Music Short Program / Original Dance as of season 2007/2008

Beethoven's Last Night by Transsiberian Orchestra

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2007/2008

Pompei by E. S. Posthumous

Personal Best Total Score	183.17	26.03.2006	World Championships 2006
Personal Best Score Short Program	61.73	07.02.2007	Four Continents Championships 2007
Personal Best Score Free Skating	122.27	22.03.2006	World Championships 2006

00/01

01/02

02/03

03/04

04/05

05/06

06/07

07/08

Olympic Games

World Champ.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

11.S

4.S

10.

3.S

10.

1.S

11.

2.S

7.

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1.S

2.S

10.

2.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Year	Place
NHK Trophy 2004 Nagoya	2004	4.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2005 Beijing	2005	6.
SmartOnes Skate America 2005 Atlantic City, NJ	2005	2.
Trophee Eric Bompard 2005 Paris	2005	4.

Internation Competition	Year	Place
Skate America 2006 Hartford, CT	2006	1.
HomeSense Skate Canada Intern. 2006 Victoria, BC	2006	2.
Trophee Eric Bompard 2006 Paris	2006	2.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2007 St. Petersburg	2007	4.

Inoue was a two-time Olympian for Japan in both single and pairs. Inoue's best singles result was 5th place at the 1994 Junior Worlds. She received U.S. citizenship in 2005. Baldwin hails from a skating family. Both his parents were skaters, his father was a National Champion in singles and pairs and his brother Don is also a figure skater. Baldwin has been on the U.S. National team since 1986 and was the 1991 National Junior Champion and 1990 World Junior Bronze medallist in singles. Inoue/Baldwin are the first couple to have landed a throw triple Axel in competition (2006 National Championships) and international competition (2006 Olympic Winter Games). The couple switched coaches after the 2006/07 season and decided to sit out the 2007/08 Grand Prix Series to have a rest.

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