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]
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]
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]
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]