Edgar Baumann

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Edgar Baumann
Edgar Baumann lanzador de jabalina.jpg
Baumann competing at the 1995 Pan American Games
Personal information
Full nameEdgar Andres Baumann Duran
Nationality Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguayan
Born16 April 1970 (1970-04-16) (age 53)
San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Javelin Throw
College team Texas State University [1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best84.70m
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg Marl del Plata 1995 Javelin Throw
Ibero-American Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Medellin 1996 Javelin Throw
South American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Valencia 1994 Javelin Throw

Edgar Andres Baumann Dure (born 16 April 1970 in San Lorenzo) is a Paraguayan former Javelin Thrower, current Javelin Coach, Sports Promoter and Businessperson. [2] He is of German descent. [3] [4]

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Baumann won a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina, achieving the South American record at the time with a throw of 78.70 metres, surpassing Colombia's thrower Luis Lucumi's throw of 77.80m which was held since 1989. [5] He held the record four times, overtaking temporary record holder and compatriot Nery Kennedy's throw of 81.28m metres in 1998 and extending it to 84.70 metres in Texas, United States of America on 17 October 1999. [6] Baumann was the first South American Javelin thrower to throw over 80 metres.

He qualified for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, although he did not compete. He competed at an Olympic Games for the first time at Atlanta 1996, reaching a maximum distance of 77.74 metres. His extension to the South American record of 84.70 metres qualified him for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, however, during a scandal which involved the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, without any justification Baumann did not participate and was replaced by Nery Kennedy.

It took him 9 years to sue the Olympic Committee after establishing a lawsuit against them in 2000, Baumann received support from Paraguayan football figure José Luís Chilavert in the process who condemned corruption in Paraguayan sport, [7] [8] [9] culminating with the Paraguayan Supreme Court ruling in favor of the javelin thrower who was awarded a minimum of US$1 million. [10]

Education

Baumann attended Texas State University and was a member of the athletics team, Texas State Bobcats. [1]

Personal life

In November 2016, Crónica newspaper reported that his house had been shot at. [11]

Career

1995

On 21 March 1995, Baumann threw a distance of 78.70 metres at the 1995 Pan American Games in Argentina. He won a silver medal, finishing behind Cuban thrower Emeterio González, who threw 79.28 metres. Baumann's result of 78.70 metres was the then South American record, surpassing Colombia's thrower Luis Lucumi's throw of 77.80m which was held since 1989. [5] He was the only Paraguayan to achieve a medal in athletics at the competition.

"It is difficult to make such an important mark in South America, more being Paraguayan. It is extremely difficult because of adversities." – Said Baumann, among these obstacles he mentioned the lack of support and the directors of his time [12]

In the same year, he threw 72.90m in Sweden at the World Championships, attending the competition again with Cuba's Emeterio González, who reached 76.54m. [13]

1996

Baumann was one of eight track and field athletes at Texas State University who were close to competing at the '96 Olympics. [14]

1999

On 17 October 1999, Baumann threw a distance of 84.70 metres during an encounter in San Marcos, Texas. [15] The result of 84.70 metres increased his continental record for a fourth time, overtaking temporary record holder and compatriot Nery Kennedy's throw of 81.28m metres in 1998, Baumann reached an IAAF ranking of 6th in the world and he qualified for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. [6]

Lawsuit against Paraguayan Olympic Committee

One day before the Paraguay team was scheduled for the trip to the Sydney Games, Baumann fall sick and was hospitalized for a five days period. [16] He did not travel and the Paraguayan Olympic Committee choose to send Nery Kennedy to the Olympics in your place, resulting in Baumann suing the Olympic Committee for US$ 2 million for moral damages. [16] Baumann and tennis player Rossana de los Ríos were expeled of the delegation, confirmed by Ramón Zubizarreta, the president of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee. [17]

In an interview with Paraguayan newspaper ABC in 2011, Nery Kennedy recalled that he was called up for the Olympics "at the last minute". [18] The then president of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, Ramón Zubizarreta, said that Edgar Baumann was separated from the team that competed in the Sydney due a doping test that led positive results for cocaine and amphetamines. Baumann said that the alleged doping tests in question were declared "false and irrelevant" in the trial he filed against the authorities and the Paraguayan Olympic Committee. Baumann also denounced an alleged poisoning attempt when he recalled that the then president of the Paraguayan Athletics Federation, Francisco Rojas Soto, allegedly gave him contaminated water to drink before feeling bad during a athletics meeting. He added that he did not pass out at the track, he departed on his own and went to the hospital on his own to ask for toxicology tests. [19]

The scandal robbed Edgar Baumann of his right to participate at the Sydney Olympics without any justification, and Nery Kennedy who ultimately finished in 33rd place with a maximum distance of 70.26 m. The qualification mark was set at 83.00 metres, [20] whilst Kennedy had not been ranked within the IAAF top 50 in 1999 nor 2000 in order to qualify. [21] [22]

The incident took a judicial process of 9 years.After the positive results for Baumann,who correctly sue the Olympic Committee, Paraguayan soccer star,the goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert backed Baumann between to 2008-2009 to fight against the corruption in Paraguayan sport and condemned the actions of the then president of the Olympic Committee, Ramón Zubizarreta, should be expulsed from the Olympic Committee for hurting athletes and not giving them benefits. [7] [8] [9] The former captain of the Paraguay national team also had a lawsuit against Zubizarreta. [19] José Luis Chilavert, along with Claudio Escauriza, Tomás Orué and lawyer Alejandro Rubin, attended a Press Conference at main mall of the coutry,the Shopping del Sol,in Assunción, in support of Baumann when he eventually had received a favorable ruling from the Paraguay Supreme Court in a case against the Paraguay Olympic Committee president Ramón Zubizarreta for robbing him the right of competing at the 2000 Summer Olympics and also taking his sums of money that he earned from his scholarship. [23]

Several years later, Ramón Zubizarreta was investigated again and had files charged against him for the punishable acts of trust and appropriation in 2015. [24] In 2016, the mayor of San Bernardino in Paraguay filed a report for the shortage of 3. 840 million Paraguayan Guaraníes of his predecessor, Zubizarreta. [25]

Coaching and Sports Promoting

In 2013, he coached Paraguayan junior representative Fabian Jara. [4]

On 27 September 2016, ADN Newspaper reported that Baumann presented a project to Itaipú Dam to form an athletes and citizen leaders in Paraguay. [3]

"El objetivo del plan de propuesta es descubrir el potencial que tiene cada niño y joven y potenciarlo en lo que sabe hacer, siempre teniendo como base al deporte. Claro que esperamos descubrir talentos para el atletismo"

"The purpose of the proposal plan is to discover the potential of each child and young person and to empower them in what they know how to do, always based on sport. Of course we hope to discover talents for athletics. We want to take children out of the streets and the dangers of violence and drug addiction" – Baumann [3]

As a resident in Ciudad del Este, [26] he helped in organization of the Asociación de Atletismo del Alto Paraná, athletics club in the same city, in hosting a national athletics competition of the Paraguayan Athletics Federation in Ciudad del Este in November 2016. [27]

Competitions

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
1989 South American Junior Championships Montevideo, Uruguay 4th58.62 m
1989 Pan American Junior Championships Santa Fe, Argentina 4th59.18 m
1990 South American Games Lima, Peru 2nd64.40 m
1991 Pan American Games Havana, Cuba 10th 65.26 m
1992 Ibero-American Championships Seville, Spain 7th 66.70 m
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 45th (q) 59.82 m
1994 South American Games Valencia, Venezuela 3rd 70.78 m
1995 Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Argentina 2nd 78.70 m
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 28th (q) 72.90 m
1996 Ibero-American Championships Medellín, Colombia 3rd 73.94 m
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States of America 18th (q) 77.74 m
1997 South American Championships Mar del Plata, Argentina 4th 72.18 m
World Championships Athens, Greece 13th (q) 72.96 m
1998 Ibero-American Championships Lisbon, Portugal 4th 68.55 m
1999 Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 4th 71.40 m

National competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
1993 SouthLand Conference Championship Texas, United States of America 1st 72.36 m
1994 SouthLand Conference Championship Texas, United States of America 1st 73.66 m

Personal best

Seasonal bests

See also

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