Gaspard Baumgarten Explained

Gaspard Baumgarten
Fullname:Gaspard Aurele Mare Baumgarten
Birth Date:1992 8, df=yes
Height:1.80 m
Weight:74kg
Position:Forward
Currentclub:Léopold
Years1:–2014
Clubs1:Lyon
Years2:2014–2015
Clubs2:Atlètic Terrassa
Years3:2015–2018
Clubs3:Lyon
Years4:2018–present
Clubs4:Léopold
Nationalyears1:2012–2013
Nationalteam1:France U–21
Nationalcaps1:12
Nationalgoals1:4
Nationalyears2:2012–present
Nationalteam2:France
Nationalcaps2:141
Nationalgoals2:29

Gaspard Aurele Mare Baumgarten (born 3 August 1992)[1] is a French field hockey player.[2]

Baumgarten is sponsored by Ritual Hockey.[3]

Club career

Baumgarten joined Léopold in the Men's Belgian Hockey League in 2018.[4] Before that he played his whole career for Lyon except for the 2014–15 season when he played for Atlètic Terrassa in Spain.[5]

International career

Under–21

Gaspard Baumgarten debuted for the France U–21 team in 2012 at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in 's-Hertogenbosch.[6]

The following year he went on to represent the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in New Delhi. At the tournament he won a silver medal, a history making performance for the French team.[7] [8]

Senior national team

Baumgarten made his debut for the French national team in 2012.[2]

In 2018, he was represented his country at the FIH World Cup in Bhubaneswar.[9]

Since his debut, Baumgarten has been a regular fixture in the national squad.[7] He won his first major medal with the senior team in 2019 at the FIH Series Finals in Le Touquet, taking home a gold medal.[10] [7]

He was a member of the national team at the 2021 EuroHockey Championships in Amsterdam,[11] and was also named in the French squad for the 2021–22 FIH Pro League.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Team Details – France . . tms.fih.ch . 10 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Gaspard BAUMGARTEN . . ffhockey.org . French . 10 February 2022.
  3. Web site: Gaspard Baumgarten – Ritual Hockey . . ritualhockey.com.au . 10 February 2022.
  4. Web site: Le Léopold mise sur la continuité . hockeybelgium.lesoir.be . 10 February 2022 . fr . 5 June 2018.
  5. Web site: Un international français au Léopold . okey.lalibre.be . 10 February 2022 . fr . 31 May 2018.
  6. Web site: Jong Oranjemannen verliezen EK-finale van Belgen . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021232547/http://www.hockey.nl/24550/jong-oranjemannen-verliezen-ek-finale-van-belgen . dead . 21 October 2012 . . hockey.nl . Dutch . 10 February 2022.
  7. Web site: BAUMGARTEN Gaspard . . tms.fih.ch . 10 February 2022.
  8. Web site: Germany lifts the Hero Hockey Junior World Cup Men 2013 Beats France 5-2 . . hockeyindia.org . 16 December 2013 . 10 February 2022.
  9. Web site: France . . worldcup2018.hockey . 10 February 2022.
  10. Web site: GREEN MACHINE SUFFERS THE BLUES AS HOST NATION SWEEPS TO VICTORY . . fihseriesfinals.com . 10 February 2022.
  11. Web site: France . . rabo-eurohockeychampionships2021.com . 10 February 2022.