Ashton Baumann

Ashton Baumann
Personal information
National team  Canada
Born (1993-01-05) 5 January 1993
Southport, Queensland, Australia
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke

Ashton Baumann (born January 5, 1993) is a Canadian competition swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke.[1] Baumann will compete for Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 200 m breaststroke. He is the son of former Canadian Olympic swimmer Alex Baumann.[2]

He relocated to Ottawa with his family at age 14 attending Canterbury High School and first became interested in competitive swimming when he joined the Greater Ottawa Kingfish Swim Club. In 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

References

  1. "Ashton Baumann". Swim Canada. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  2. Callum Ng (April 7, 2016). "Baumann siblings follow in famous dad's lane". CBC Sports.
  3. "Olympic Team Nominated for Rio 2016". Swimming Canada. Swimming Canada. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
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