Background
Jean-Luc Baker was born in Burnley, England. 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 United Kingdom in pair skating at the 1976 World Junior Championships.
Education
Baker attended Harbour Pointe Middle School and Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, Washington.
Career
The family moved to the United States when he was four. After graduation, he moved to Detroit, Michigan to pursue his career. He has a black belt in taekwondo.
Early career Jean-Luc Baker was inspired to switch from singles to ice dancing by his mother.
The following season, Yang/Baker were assigned to two International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix events, finishing 7th in Japan and 10th in the Czechoslovakian Republic. They were 6th on the junior level at the 2011 United States. Partnership with Hawayek Baker teamed up with Kaitlin Hawayek in June 2012.
Hawayek/Baker took the junior silver medal at the 2013 United States. Championships and were assigned to the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan where they finished 7th. Hawayek/Baker began the 2014-2015 season at an International Skating Union 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 Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai Trophy. Baker sustained a concussion when Hawayek accidentally struck him with her arm in September 2015, just prior to the Labor Day weekend. After two weeks, he returned to training, although limited for one more week.
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 United States. With Hawayek With Yang.