Christian Baumann

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Christian Baumann
2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Parallel Bars - Medalists 09.jpg
Baumann in 2015
Personal information
Full nameChristian Baumann
Country representedFlag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
Born (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 26)
Leutwil, Aargau, Switzerland
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) [1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb) [1]
Discipline Men'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 icon (S initial).svg 2015 Montpellier Parallel Bars
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Bern Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Bern Pommel Horse
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Basel Parallel Bars

Christian Baumann (born February 25, 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.

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Competitive history

YearEventTeamAA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2009 Swiss Junior Championships16
2010 Swiss Junior ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg6Bronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
25th International Youth CupBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg6Silver medal icon.svg6
2011 International Junior Team CupSilver medal icon.svg6
Swiss Junior Championships465Bronze medal icon.svg4
European Youth Olympic Festival Bronze medal icon.svg4Bronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Art GymnasticsGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
2012 International Junior Team CupGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Swiss Championships744
Swiss Team ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg
2012 European Junior Championships Bronze medal icon.svg1981916185
Senior
2013 Swiss Championships6Bronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Swiss Team ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg
2014 Swiss Championships454Bronze medal icon.svg4
Swiss Team ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svg
World Championships 7351042810717136
2015 Austrian Team OpenSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Cottbus World Cup 27245
European Championships 8Silver medal icon.svg
Swiss Championships6Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Swiss Team ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svg
World Championships 615511551953834
2016 Länderkampf CH / FR / GBR / GERSilver medal icon.svg10
European Championships Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg65
Olympic Games 929413052
2017
European Championships 1913
Doha World Cup 3423Bronze medal icon.svg
Swiss Team ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svg
Swiss Championships7
2018 Swiss ChampionshipsBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Swiss Team ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg
World Championships 633589529
2019 American Cup 6Silver medal icon.svg
Birmingham World Cup 8
European Championships 17316023610
Magglingen Men’s FriendlyGold medal icon.svg6
Swiss Championships4Silver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
World Championships 774531761
Swiss Team ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg
2021
European Championships 239552Bronze medal icon.svg6
1st Swiss Men’s Olympic Trials4Bronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2nd Swiss Men’s Olympic TrialsSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
3rd Swiss Men’s Olympic TrialsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Swiss Championships4Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Magglingen Men’s FriendlyBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Olympic Games 6333057291359
Swiss Team ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg
World Championships 8

Baumann element

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]

ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficultyAdded to Code of Points
Parallel BarsBaumannGiant Swing bwd. to MakutsF (0.6) World Cup Doha

    Personal life

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

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    References

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    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.