Biography

MEN

Date of birth:

09.11.1990

Elladj BALDE
CAN

Place of birth:

Moscow RUS

Height:

177 cm

Home town:

Pierrefonds, QC

Profession:

high school student

Hobbies:

track and field, dancing (Hip Hop)

Start sk. / Club:

1997 / CPA Pierrefonds

Coach:

Eric Therrien, Lynette Ouellette

Choreographer:

Jean-Pierre Bayer (SP), Pasquale Camerlengo (LP)

Former Coach:

Anna Sherbatov

Practice low season:

25 h / week at Pierrefonds

Practice high season:

18 h / week at Pierrefonds

Music Short Program / Original Dance as of season 2008/2009

Freedom by Mei Li and Yin Yue Hui, performed by 12 Girls Band
Drum Solo from "Ozlem" by Turku

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2008/2009

Carmina Burana by Carl Orff (modern arrangement)

Personal Best Total Score	184.89	11.10.2008	ISU JGP Skate Safari 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program	62.19	11.09.2008	ISU JGP Mexico Cup
Personal Best Score Free Skating	123.48	11.10.2008	ISU JGP Skate Safari 2008

01/02

Olympic Games

World Champ.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

2.J

21.

1.J

10.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Season	Place
ISU JGP Mirecurea Ciuc 2006 Miercurea Ciuc	2006/2007	10. J
ISU JGP Liberec 2006 Liberec	2006/2007	6. J
JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2007 Chemnitz	2007/2008	14. J
ISU JGP J. Curry Memorial 2007 Sheffield	2007/2008	7. J

International Competition	Season	Place
ISU JGP Mexico Cup Mexico City	2008/2009	2. J
ISU JGP Skate Safari 2008 Cape Town	2008/2009	3. J
SBS ISU Junior Grand Prix Final 2008/2009 Goyang City	2008/2009	7. J

Baldé started to skate because his mother was a competitive figure skater in her early teens and loved the sport. She is from Russia and his father is from Guinea. The family emigrated from Russia to Canada in 1992. Baldé is fluent in Russian.

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