Background
Elladj Baldé was born November 9, 1990 in Moscow to a Russian mother and a Guinean father, Ibrahim, from the village of Tombon, near Labé. Elladj Baldé was introduced to skating at the age of seven by his mother.
Elladj Baldé was born November 9, 1990 in Moscow to a Russian mother and a Guinean father, Ibrahim, from the village of Tombon, near Labé. Elladj Baldé was introduced to skating at the age of seven by his mother.
Though at first he would hide his skates in an attempt to avoid practice, he began to love skating when he was ten. Baldé was 8th at the 2009 World Junior Championships. In 2009, Baldé underwent major surgery after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) in his right knee, keeping him off the ice for six months.
His doctor gave the go-ahead to resume practicing triples after three months of lighter training on the ice.
He missed the entire 2009-2010 season. Baldé returned to competition the following season and placed 5th at the 2011 Canadian Championships.
In late 2011, he moved to the United States to train with Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He was 4th at the 2012 Canadian Championships.
After identifying a problem with the blade positioning on one of his new boots, Baldé decided to compete at the 2013 Skate Canada International with an older left boot and new right boot, even though one was soft and the other stiff.
Both his knees were taped as a result of tendinitis. In the short program, he landed his first quad toe in competition and added a double toe to the education Baldé withdrew from the 2014 Skate Canada International on October 30, having sustained a concussion.
He relocated to Montreal in or before July 2015, joining Bruno Marcotte and Manon Perron.