Nick Baumgartner
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Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Iron River, Michigan, U.S. | December 17, 1981|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Snowboard cross, off-road racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nick Baumgartner (born December 17, 1981) is an American snowboarder from
Baumgartner began off-road racing in 2011, winning the Rookie of the Year "Stock Truck" award before advancing to Pro Light trucks in 2012.
Background
He attended West Iron County High School where he was an Upper Peninsula of Michigan silver medalist hurdler.[3][4] He played football at Northern Michigan University.[5][6]
Snowboarding
Baumgartner placed first in multiple competitions in 2004; he had competed at the SNX at the USASA Nationals and first, at the US Extreme Boardfest.[3] While at the US SBX Championships in 2007, he had placed first at the event in Tamarack Resort, Idaho.[3] Then he went to the World Cup finals where Baumgartner had been moved down to take the second place title. Then he had been moved down again while competing at the Copper Mountain Revolution Tour, where he placed third.
He won a bronze medal in the snowboard cross event at the
He was announced on January 26, 2010, as a member of the United States team for the 2010 Winter Olympics. He competed and did not medal, finishing 20th.[1][3]
On January 17, 2011, after not being chosen to attend the World Championship competition, Baumgartner went to train at Copper Mountain, where he was in an accident that broke his collar bone.[4] He needed surgery the next day.[7] In 2011 Baumgartner broke Nate Holland's winning streak and his seven-try losing streak.[4] He had done so with fifteen screws and a plate in his neck.[4] After he had won, he grabbed his son Landon and said, "To see the look on his face, to have your boy proud of you, there’s nothing better."[4] On January 30, 2011, Baumgartner won the gold medal at the Winter X Games XV in Aspen, Colorado.[8]
On December 5, 2013, Baumgartner's selection to the 2014 Winter Olympics team was announced. He was placed on the snowboard cross A team for the Olympics in a coach's discretionary spot over Seth Wescott because of his consistency at World Cup events.[9] Baumgartner had a poor start in the first heat race and he finished fourth, just outside the top three who advanced to the quarterfinals.[9]
Baumgartner also competed at the
In 2022, Baumgartner won an Olympic gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics with his teammate Lindsey Jacobellis for the inaugural mixed snowboard cross event.
Off-road racing
In 2011, he began racing in the entry-level "Stock Truck" class in the
In 2013, Baumgartner joined the
Images
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2012 Pro Light
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2010 World Cup event
Motorsports career results
Stadium Super Trucks
(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)
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Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | SSTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | PHO 6 |
LBH 10 |
LAN 4 |
SDG 12 |
SDG 11 |
STL 3 |
TOR
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TOR
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CRA | CRA | OCF | OCF | OCF | CPL | 9th | 120 | [13] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | STP | STP | LBH | IMS | IMS | DET
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DET
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DET
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AUS 8 |
TOR
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TOR
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OCF | OCF | CSS | LVV
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LVV
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23rd | 20 | [16] |
References
- ^ a b Martin, Aaron. "Baumgartner's welcome home". WLUC-TV. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- ^ Team USA [@TeamUSA] (February 12, 2022). "DYNAMIC DUO GETS IT DONE 🙌 @LindsJacobellis and @nickbaumgartner win gold in the first-ever Olympic mixed team snowboard cross event. #WinterOlympics https://t.co/E8hHoCIEpx" (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 12, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Team USA. Archived from the originalon May 15, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e O'Neil, Devon. "Nick Baumgartner spoils six-peat bid". ESPN. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
- ^ NMU Athletics [@NMU_Wildcats] (February 12, 2022). "BIG congratulations to former NMU football player Nick Baumgartner on winning gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics! #ShareNMU #NMUwildcats https://t.co/w2NOLlwLXy" (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 12, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "News Archives Story". NMU Marketing and Communications. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "Welcome". Nick Baumgartner.com. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Nick Baumgartner finds struggle for the first time in Off-Roading". WLUC-TV. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- ^ a b Axon, Rachel. "Top U.S. snowboardcross riders out early". USA Today. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- ^ Seidel, Jeff. "U.P. concrete worker shares lesson of 4th-place Olympic finish with son". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- Traxxas TORC Series. Archived from the originalon October 31, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "MacCachren Claims Inaugural Stadium SUPER Trucks Race at University of Phoenix Stadium". Stadium Super Trucks. April 7, 2013. Archived from the original on July 28, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
- ^ a b "2013 SST Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ Pettit, Vince (April 30, 2014). "Baumgartner joins X Games Formula Off-Road roster". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ^ "X Games Austin 2014 - Stadium Super Trucks". X Games. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ^ "2014 Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
External links
- Nick Baumgartner at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Nick Baumgartner at the X Games (archived)
- Nick Baumgartner at Olympics.com
- Nick Baumgartner at Olympedia
- Nick Baumgartner at Team USA (archived)