Jean-Luc Baker

He is the son of Sharon Jones Baker, who represented the United Kingdom in ice dancing at the 1988 Winter Olympics, and Stephen Baker, who competed for the U.K. in pair skating at the 1976 World Junior Championships.

His first name was inspired by the fictional character Captain Jean-Luc Picard of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Baker was born with a club foot.

When he was four, he moved to the United States with his family.

He attended Harbour Pointe Middle School and Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, Washington.

After graduation, he moved to Detroit, Michigan to pursue his career.

He has a black belt in taekwondo.

Jean-Luc Baker (born October 7, 1993) is a British-American ice dancer.

Jean-Luc Baker was introduced to ice skating by his parents in 1995.

He was inspired to switch from singles to ice dancing by his mother.

He teamed up with Joylyn Yang in the summer of 2006, with his parents coaching the duo.

They won U.S. national titles on the juvenile and intermediate levels and took the novice bronze medal at the 2010 U.S. Championships.

The following season, Yang/Baker were assigned to two ISU Junior Grand Prix events, finishing seventh in Japan and tenth in the Czech Republic.

They were sixth on the junior level at the 2011 U.S. Championships.

Baker teamed up with Kaitlin Hawayek in June 2012.

They were sent to two JGP events and won the silver medal in Germany.

Hawayek/Baker took the junior silver medal at the 2013 U.S. Championships and were assigned to the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan where they finished seventh.

During the 2013–14 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Hawayek/Baker won the gold medal in their JGP events at the JGP Mexico and the JGP Poland.

Their results qualified them to the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where they won the silver medal.

Earlier in their career, he and Hawayek became the 2014 World Junior champions, the 2013 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalists, and the 2014 U.S. national junior champions.

Jean-Luc Baker was born in Burnley, England.

They then won the gold medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships, setting a new Junior World record for the overall score with a total of 157.12 points.

Hawayek/Baker began their season at an ISU Challenger Series event, the 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy.

They finished fourth after placing fourth in the short and third in the free dance.

Their Grand Prix assignments were the 2014 Rostelecom Cup and 2014 NHK Trophy, winning the bronze medal at the latter.

Baker sustained a concussion when Hawayek accidentally struck him with her arm in September 2015, just before the Labor Day weekend.

He returned to limited training after two weeks and full training a week later.

Hawayek/Baker finished fourth at the 2015 Skate America.

Due to food poisoning, Hawayek vomited eight times in four hours during the night before the short dance at the 2015 Cup of China.

After competing in the first segment, the duo decided to withdraw.

They placed fifth at the 2016 U.S. Championships.

Hawayek/Baker won the silver medal at the 2016 CS Autumn Classic International.

Competing on the Grand Prix series, they finished sixth at the 2016 Skate Canada International and fourth at the 2016 NHK Trophy.

Beginning the season at the 2017 CS U.S. Classic, Hawayek/Baker won the silver medal.

Following the Grand Prix, they competed in a second Challenger event, the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, winning the bronze medal.

With his skating partner, Kaitlin Hawayek, he is the 2018 Four Continents champion, the 2018 NHK Trophy champion, and a four-time U.S. national bronze medalist (2019–22).

Their Grand Prix assignments were the 2018 Skate Canada International, where they placed fourth, and the 2018 Skate America, where they placed fifth.

Hawayek/Baker won the pewter medal at the 2018 U.S. Championships and were assigned to the 2018 Four Continents Championships, as the top three teams were sent to the 2018 Winter Olympics.

They won the gold medal at Four Continents, finishing 9.33 points ahead of silver medalists Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus.

Baker remarked, "it was really awesome; it was a new experience for us. We’ve medaled at junior events and sporadically at senior events in Grand Prixs or senior Bs. It was a really cool experience, and we hope to do it more often in the future."