Christian Baumann (born 25 February 1995) is a Swiss artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He participated at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow,[2] and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] His biggest success is the silver medal at the 2015 European Championship in Montpellier on the parallel bars.

Christian Baumann
Baumann in 2015
Personal information
Full nameChristian Baumann
Country represented Switzerland
Born (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 29)
Leutwil, Aargau, Switzerland
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)[1]
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2014-present
ClubSTV Lenzburg
Head coach(es)Bernhard Fluck, Laurent Guelzac, Laurent Tricoire
Eponymous skills"Baumann" (Parallel Bars) - Giant swing bwd. with Makuts (F)
Medal record
Representing Switzerland
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Montpellier Parallel Bars
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bern Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bern Pommel Horse
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Basel Parallel Bars

Competitive history edit

Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2009 Swiss Junior Championships 16
2010 Swiss Junior Championships         6    
25th International Youth Cup       6   6
2011 International Junior Team Cup   6
Swiss Junior Championships 4 6 5   4
European Youth Olympic Festival   4    
Art Gymnastics    
2012 International Junior Team Cup    
Swiss Championships 7 4 4
Swiss Team Championships  
2012 European Junior Championships   19 81 9 16 18 5
Senior
2013 Swiss Championships 6    
Swiss Team Championships  
2014 Swiss Championships 4 5 4   4
Swiss Team Championships  
World Championships 7 35 104 28 107 171 36
2015 Austrian Team Open    
Cottbus World Cup 27 24 5
European Championships 8  
Swiss Championships 6      
Swiss Team Championships  
World Championships 6 15 51 15 51 95 38 34
2016 Länderkampf CH / FR / GBR / GER   10
European Championships     6 5
Olympic Games 9 29 41 30 52
2017
European Championships 19 13
Doha World Cup 34 23  
Swiss Team Championships  
Swiss Championships 7
2018 Swiss Championships      
Swiss Team Championships  
World Championships 6 33 58 95 29
2019 American Cup 6  
Birmingham World Cup 8
European Championships 17 31 60 23 6 10
Magglingen Men’s Friendly   6
Swiss Championships 4      
World Championships 7 74 53 17 61
Swiss Team Championships  
2021
European Championships 23 95 52   6
1st Swiss Men’s Olympic Trials 4      
2nd Swiss Men’s Olympic Trials          
3rd Swiss Men’s Olympic Trials        
Swiss Championships 4    
Magglingen Men’s Friendly          
Olympic Games 6 33 30 57 29 13 59
Swiss Team Championships  
World Championships 8

Baumann element edit

In April 2017, the Technical Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation officially included a personalized "trick" named after Baumann as a scoring element. The new F element corresponds in future to a degree of difficulty of 0.6 points. At the World Cup qualification in Doha in March 2017 Christian Baumann performed the element for the first time in a competition.[3]

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty Added to Code of Points
Parallel Bars Baumann Giant Swing bwd. to Makuts F (0.6) World Cup Doha

Personal life edit

Baumann was born 25 February 1995. He started gymnastics at the age of five at the TV Lenzburg club in Switzerland.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Christian Baumann". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. ^ "2015 World Gymnastics Championships Athlete Profiles – Christian Baumann". 2015worldgymnastics.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. ^ Das ist Baumanns eigenes Turn-Element In: 20 Minuten on 4 April 2017
  4. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics BAUMANN Christian". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-28.

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