Christopher George Paul Garia (born 16 December 1992) is a Dutch sprinter and former baseball player from

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. 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

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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

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for the , the

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, the exhibition games against

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in 2016 and the training camp in the United States in 2017 On 25 August 2016 he was selected for the 2016 France International Baseball Tournament. On 7 September 2016 he was selected for the 2016 European Baseball Championship. On 26 October 2016 he was selected for the exhibition games against Japan. On 7 February 2017 he was selected for the training camp in the United States. On 9 February 2017 he was selected for the 2017 World Baseball Classic, but on 26 February 2017 he cancelled.

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