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Christian Baumann

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Christian Baumann
Baumann at the 2015 European Championships
Personal information
Born (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 30)
Leutwil, Aargau, Switzerland
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Switzerland
(2014-2024)
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

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

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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

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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

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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

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Baumann competing at the 2015 European Championships
Competitive history of Christian Baumann
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2009 Swiss Junior Championships 16
2010 Swiss Junior Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
25th International Youth Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6
2011 International Junior Team Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6
Swiss Junior Championships 4 6 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4
European Youth Olympic Festival 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Art Gymnastics 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2012 International Junior Team Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Swiss Championships 7 4 4
Swiss Team Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 19 5
Senior
2013 Swiss Championships 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Swiss Team Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014 Swiss Championships 4 5 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4
Swiss Team Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 7
2015 Austrian Team Open 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Cottbus World Cup 5
European Championships 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Swiss Championships 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Swiss Team Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 6 15
2016 Länderkampf CH / FR / GBR / GER 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10
European Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 5
Olympic Games 9
2017
European Championships 19 13
Doha World Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Swiss Team Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Swiss Championships 7
2018 Swiss Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Swiss Team Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships 6
2019 American Cup 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Birmingham World Cup 8
European Championships 17 6
Magglingen Men’s Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6
Swiss Championships 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 7
Swiss Team Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021
European Championships 23 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6
1st Swiss Men’s Olympic Trials 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2nd Swiss Men’s Olympic Trials 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
3rd Swiss Men’s Olympic Trials 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Swiss Championships 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Magglingen Men's Friendly 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Olympic Games 6
Swiss Team Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships 8
2023 Varna World Challenge Cup 5 4
World Championships 5
Swiss Cup 8
2024 Rheintal Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships 8
Swiss Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Swiss Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ "Christian Baumann". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Baumann Christian". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Baumann auf dem Podest" [Baumann on the podium]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Rio 2016. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Wong, Moldauer victorious at American Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Melanie de Jesus dos Santos leads medallists on final day at 2021 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Vier Musketiere treten ohne Druck an" [Four Musketeers compete without pressure]. Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (in German). 25 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ Das ist Baumanns eigenes Turn-Element In: 20 Minuten on 4 April 2017
  16. ^ "Eight new elements named, added to the Men's Gymnastics Code of Points". International Gymnastics Federation. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
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