Christian Baumann
| Christian Baumann | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Baumann at the 2015 European Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 February 1995 Leutwil, Aargau, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Switzerland (2014-2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | STV Lenzburg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Bernhard Fluck, Laurent Guelzac, Laurent Tricoire | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Eponymous skills | "Baumann" (Parallel Bars) - Giant swing bwd. with Makuts (F) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christian Baumann (born 25 February 1995) is a Swiss former artistic gymnast. He represented Switzerland at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the 2015 European silver medalist and the 2021 European bronze medalist in the parallel bars. He also won bronze medals with the Swiss team and on the pommel horse at the 2016 European Championships.
Early life
Baumann was born on 25 February 1995. He started gymnastics at the age of five at the TV Lenzburg club in Switzerland.[2]
Gymnastics career
At the 2015 European Championships, he tied with Romania's Marius Berbecar for the silver medal on the parallel bars behind Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev.[3] Then at the 2016 European Championships, he helped the Swiss team win the bronze medal. He won a bronze medal in the pommel horse behind Harutyun Merdinyan and David Belyavskiy.[4] He then competed with the Swiss team that finished ninth in the qualification round for the 2016 Summer Olympics, making them the first reserve for the final.[5]
Baumann competed at the 2019 American Cup and finished sixth in the all-around.[6] At the 2021 European Championships, he tied with Lukas Dauser for the bronze medal on the parallel bars.[7] He then competed at the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Pablo Brägger, Benjamin Gischard, and Eddy Yusof. They qualified for the team final for the first time since 1984 and finished sixth.[8][9]
Baumann was selected to compete at the 2023 World Championships. There, the Swiss team finished seventh during the qualification round and earned a team berth for the 2024 Olympic Games.[10] Then in the team final, the Swiss team placed fifth which was the country's best finished at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships since winning bronze in 1954.[11]
Baumann competed at the 2024 European Championships alongside Matteo and Luca Giubellini, Noe Seifert, and Taha Serhani. The team qualified for the team final in fourth place, but they finished eighth in the final after several mistakes.[12]
Baumann was an alternate for Switzerland's team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[13] He announced his retirment from the sport in September 2024.[14]
Eponymous skill
In April 2017, the Technical Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation officially included a skill named after Baumann as a scoring element in the Code of Points. At the 2017 Doha World Cup, he performed the element for the first time in a competition.[15][16]
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty | Added to Code of Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parallel Bars | Baumann | Giant Swing bwd. to Makuts | F (0.6) | World Cup Doha |
Competitive history
| 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Christian Baumann". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Baumann Christian". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ Goddard, Emily (19 April 2015). "Verniaiev successfully defends parallel bars title as European Gymnastics Championships close in Montpellier". Inside the Games. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Baumann auf dem Podest" [Baumann on the podium]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Rio 2016. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Wong, Moldauer victorious at American Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Melanie de Jesus dos Santos leads medallists on final day at 2021 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Vier Musketiere treten ohne Druck an" [Four Musketeers compete without pressure]. Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (in German). 25 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "6. Platz: Starke Schweizer im Team-Final" [6th place: Strong Swiss in the team final]. Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (in German). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ Geissberger, Fabian (1 October 2023). "Olympia-Ticket, Teamfinal und zwei Plätze im Mehrkampffinal: Die Schweizer Männer übertreffen die Erwartungen" [Olympic ticket, team final and two places in the all-around final: The Swiss men exceed expectations]. Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Schweizer Männer mit bester WM-Klassierung seit 1954" [Swiss men with best World Championships ranking since 1954]. Swiss Info (in German). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Pas d'exploit pour l'équipe de Suisse, 8e des Européens" [No feat for the Swiss team, 8th in the Europeans]. Léman Bleu (in French). 28 April 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Junge Equipe turnt für die Schweiz an Olympia 2024" [Young team is competing for Switzerland at the 2024 Olympics]. Swiss Gymnastics Federation (in German). 27 June 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Nach 18 Jahren Turnsport: Christian Baumann tritt zurück" [After 18 years of gymnastics: Christian Baumann retires]. Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (in German). 4 September 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ Das ist Baumanns eigenes Turn-Element In: 20 Minuten on 4 April 2017
- ^ "Eight new elements named, added to the Men's Gymnastics Code of Points". International Gymnastics Federation. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2025.