Christopher George Paul Garia (born December 16, 1992) is a Dutch
sprinter and former baseball player from
Curaçao
Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...
. 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
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before completing his transformation to sprinter.
Baseball career
Garia played for the
Texas Rangers organization.
Garia was also selected for the
Netherlands national baseball team
The Netherlands national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, representing the country in international men's baseball. They are currently ranked as the best team in the WBSC Europe, and the team is also ...
for the , the
2016 European Baseball Championship
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, the exhibition games against
Japan
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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.
On September 7, 2016, he was selected for the 2016 European Baseball Championship.
On October 26, 2016, he was selected for the exhibition games against Japan.
On February 7, 2017, he was selected for the training camp in the United States.
On February 9, 2017, he was selected for the 2017 World Baseball Classic. But on February 26, 2017, he canceled for paticipate.
References
External links
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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