Chris Garia
 Garia at the 2018 European Championships | |
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| Nationality |  Netherlands |
| Born | 16 December 1992 Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles |
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| Sport | Running |
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres |
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| Born: 16 December 1992 Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Christopher George Paul Garia (born December 16, 1992) is a Dutch sprinter and former baseball player from Curaçao.[1] Garia won the 60 metres at the 2018 Dutch National Indoor Championships in a time of 6.70 seconds. He was also a member of the Dutch national baseball team before completing his transformation to sprinter.[2]
Baseball career[]
Garia played for the Texas Rangers organization.
Garia was also selected for the Netherlands national baseball team for the , the 2016 European Baseball Championship, the exhibition games against Japan in 2016 and the training camp in the United States in 2017
On August 25, 2016, he was selected for the 2016 France International Baseball Tournament.[3]
On September 7, 2016, he was selected for the 2016 European Baseball Championship.[4]
On October 26, 2016, he was selected for the exhibition games against Japan.[5]
On February 7, 2017, he was selected for the training camp in the United States.[6]
On February 9, 2017, he was selected for the 2017 World Baseball Classic.[7] But on February 26, 2017, he canceled for paticipate.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Chris Garia next player from Curacao to play with Saltdogs - MOSAE SPORTS". 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Chris Garia getransformeerd van honkbal-international naar veelbelovende sprinter". RTV Rijnmond. 23 May 2018.
- ^ "Rob Cordemans met Koninkrijksteam naar Sénart". Honkbalsite Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch). September 7, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ "Bernadina voor EK terug in nationale ploeg". Honkbalsite Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch). September 7, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ "Jurickson Profar met Koninkrijksteam naar Japan". Honkbalsite Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch). October 26, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ "Selectie Koninkrijksteam voor trainingskamp Arizona". Honkbalsite Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch). February 7, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ "Tien hoofdklassers in definitieve WBC-selectie". Honkbalsite Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch). February 9, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ "Van der Meer vervangt Garia in selectie WBC". Honkbalsite Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch). February 26, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Baseball outfielders
- Curaçao expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Curaçao male sprinters
- Dominican Summer League Rangers players
- Curaçao expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic
- Frisco RoughRiders players
- Hickory Crawdads players
- High Desert Mavericks players
- Lincoln Saltdogs players
- Myrtle Beach Pelicans players
- National baseball team players
- People from Willemstad
- Round Rock Express players
- Spokane Indians players
- Vaessen Pioniers players
- 2016 European Baseball Championship players
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Netherlands