Figure skaters Look-alikes
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I've kept saying this but to my eyes, boyish and mischievous looking Jean-Luc Baker resembles young Luke Skywalker a lot portrayed by Mark Hamill.
How ironic that he is named after a character from Star Trek!
(For those that didn't know: yes, I'm being serious!)
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At first I thought you joked about the naming, so I googled it and you're right. lol.
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Interesting! Because what he is telling an American audience in the interview you found is a different version of the story to what his Mum is telling to a British audience!
Jean-Luc was born in Burnley in Lancashire, the son of the November 1985-1988 British ice dance champion and 1988 Olympic competitor Sharon Jones, and her husband, Steve Baker, who is a past British Junior Pair Champion, and competed in the Junior World Pair Championship.
And, yes, Jean-Luc was named after the fictional Captain of the Enterprise, Jean-Luc Picard. His dad was a great fan of the popular television series, Star Trek. His mom never watched the show but was looking for a name that stood out from the run of the mill.
She explained, “He was born before we’d decided on a name, so there was pressure on us to make the decision. I knew nothing about the show but the name sounded romantic.”
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/2015111...wayek-and-Jean_Luc-Baker-Lake-Placid-2014.pdf
And, yes, Jean-Luc was named after the fictional Captain of the Enterprise, Jean-Luc Picard. His dad was a great fan of the popular television series, Star Trek. His mom never watched the show but was looking for a name that stood out from the run of the mill.
She explained, “He was born before we’d decided on a name, so there was pressure on us to make the decision. I knew nothing about the show but the name sounded romantic.”
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/2015111...wayek-and-Jean_Luc-Baker-Lake-Placid-2014.pdf
I'm still surprised that Sharon let Steve get away with it. But, it is a good sounding name, so I'm glad she liked it!
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Sasha Cohen and Mariah bell
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THAT is an uncanny resemblance!
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Kolyada is mentioned quite a few times here, but anyone thinks he looks like Dame Judi Dench? It was suggested by some Japanese fans a good while ago and I thought it was mad first but then I saw some likeness
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Kolyada is mentioned quite a few times here, but anyone thinks he looks like Dame Judi Dench? It was suggested by some Japanese fans a good while ago and I thought it was mad first but then I saw some likeness
I can see it when they smile now when you mentioned it.:sad4:
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I don't know why I can't get this picture to load but, I think Adelina looks a lot like Mandy Moore....
Christ is never drawn with a recessive chin.
And in real life, he looked like a 30 year old Jewish guy.
So no.
How many 30 year old Jewish guys do you know? Because in real life, I know many, and they don't all look the same.
But that's neither here nor there. There are plenty of different conceptions of what Christ looked like, and Guillaume looks like a lot of them, imo.
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Not sure if anyone's mentioned it already, but I've always thought that Eteri Tutberidze bears a striking resemblance to Minnie Driver 
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I am surprised that Alina looked like so many people in this thread but no one mentioned Natalie Portman. The first time I saw her in 2016 at her first JGP event, I immediately thought she looks like Natalie Portman. That's before she skates to Black Swan.
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I got another one: Anna Shcherbakova looks like Alexandra Proklova and Vera Bazarova. By the way, did Vera retire?
Meagan Duhamel
https://goo.gl/images/M637iR
reminds me so much of Linoy Ashram, rhythmic gymnast
https://goo.gl/images/vAydRA
https://goo.gl/images/M637iR
reminds me so much of Linoy Ashram, rhythmic gymnast
https://goo.gl/images/vAydRA
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