Christian Baumann
# Christian Baumann

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, and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. His biggest success is the silver medal at the 2015 European Championship in Montpellier on the parallel bars.

## Competitive history

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

| 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

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

