Don Baldwin

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.

Don Baldwin
Baldwin with Vise in 2011
Born	(1977-11-15) November 15, 1977 (age 47) Evanston, Illinois
Hometown	Peoria, Arizona
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Partner	Tiffany Vise
Skating club	Los Angeles FSC
Began skating	1979
Retired	April 4, 2013

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.^[1]

Don Baldwin married Tiffany Vise on August 23, 2015, in San Diego, California.^[2]

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.^[3] They won the senior pairs' event at the Pacific Coast Sectional Championships.^[4] Internationally, the pair won silver at the 2010 Ice Challenge in Graz, Austria,^[5] 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.^[6]

They announced their retirement from competition on April 4, 2013 and said that they would coach together at the Ice Den in Scottsdale, Arizona.^[1]

Programs

(with Vise)

Season	Short program	Free skating
2012–2013 [3][6]	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by Santa Esmeralda Open Arms	Legends of the Fall by James Horner Time to Say Goodbye by Francesco Sartori performed by Erich Kunzel
2011–2012 [7]	Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badelt	Legends of the Fall by James Horner Time to Say Goodbye by Francesco Sartori performed by Erich Kunzel
2010–2011 [3]	Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badelt	Mona Lisa Overdrive by Juno Reactor Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone
2009–2010 [3]	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Santa Esmeralda	Mona Lisa Overdrive by Juno Reactor Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone Transformers by Steve Jablonsky

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix

With Vise

International[8]
Event	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13
GP Rostelecom Cup				6th
GP Skate America			6th
GP Skate Canada				6th
Ice Challenge		2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy			7th
U.S. Classic				3rd
National[3]
U.S. Champ.	8th	6th	9th	10th

References

1. Brannen, Sarah S.; Meekins, Drew (April 4, 2013). "The Inside Edge: New beginnings, grateful ends". IceNetwork. Archived from the original on April 9, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
2. Brannen, Sarah S. (August 25, 2015). "The Inside Edge: Move to Cali gets Miller motivated". IceNetwork.com.
3. "Tiffany Vise & Don Baldwin". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships 11/17/2009 – 11/22/2009 Senior Pairs Final Results". U.S. Figure Skating. Nov 20, 2009. Retrieved Nov 20, 2009.
5. "Results, Ice Challenge 2010". Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
6. "Tiffany VISE / Don BALDWIN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013.
7. "Tiffany VISE / Don BALDWIN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 25, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
8. "Competition Results: Tiffany VISE / Don BALDWIN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 18, 2017.

External links

• Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin at the International Skating Union