Sandra Baumgartner

{{Short description|German sports journalist and reporter (born 1982)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Sandra Baumgartner

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth year|1982}}

| birth_place = Munich, Bavaria, West Germany

| occupation = {{Plainlist|

  • Sports journalist
  • Television reporter

}}

| years_active = 2002–present

| employer = Sky Deutschland

| spouse =

}}

Sandra Baumgartner (born 1982) is a German sports journalist and reporter. She has worked as a freelance reporter and presenter for several German television stations and reported on various sports programmes. Baumgartner worked at German pay-TV channel Motorvision TV before joining Sky Deutschland in 2011, reading the hourly news bulletins on Sky Sport News HD before becoming a pit lane reporter on Formula One races in 2012.

Biography

Baumgartner was born in 1982 in Munich and grew up in the city.{{cite web |title=Sandra Baumgartner |url=https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/basicpage/file/Sandra%20Baumgartner.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119214205/https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/basicpage/file/Sandra%20Baumgartner.pdf |archive-date=19 January 2025 |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile}}{{cite news |date=5 July 2022 |title=Sandra Baumgartner: Alle Infos zur Sky-Moderatorin – ihre Karriere und Stationen |trans-title=Sandra Baumgartner: All information about the Sky presenter – her career and stations |url=https://www.tz.de/sport/formel-1/formel-1-sandra-baumgartner-sky-moderatorin-karriere-stationen-90779271.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602002203/https://www.tz.de/sport/formel-1/formel-1-sandra-baumgartner-sky-moderatorin-karriere-stationen-90779271.html |archive-date=2 June 2024 |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=Tz |language=de}} When she was in the final year of high school, she decided to embark on a career in broadcasting in television.{{cite web |last=McLean |first=Heather |date=7 March 2022 |title=Racing to the top: Sky Deutschland F1 presenter Sandra Baumgartner on the art of staying focused and achieving your goals |url=https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/racing-to-the-top-sky-deutschland-f1-presenter-sandra-baumgartner-on-the-art-of-staying-focused-and-achieving-your-goals/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119214246/https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/racing-to-the-top-sky-deutschland-f1-presenter-sandra-baumgartner-on-the-art-of-staying-focused-and-achieving-your-goals/ |archive-date=19 January 2025 |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=SVG Europe}} Following graduation from high school,{{cite web |title=Über mich |trans-title=About me |url=https://sandrabaumgartner.com/Vita/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119214137/https://sandrabaumgartner.com/Vita/ |archive-date=19 January 2025 |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=Sandra Baumgartner}} Baumgartner did a two-year internship at a Munich television production company. She made reports for magazines, documentaries and corporate videos for industrial clients films.

Between 2002 and 2007, she was a freelance reporter and television presenter for multiple television stations. These stations included ARD, DMAX, Kabel eins, ProSieben, RTL Zwei, Sat.1 and VOX. In 2008, Baumgartner received a job offer to work at the German pay-TV channel Motorvision TV. She became a reporter and journalist for the channel on various programmes about the Daytona 500, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, the Nürburgring 24 Hours and the International Motor Show Germany in Frankfurt. Furthermore, Baumgartner read the news on the Motorvision TV News bulletin and presented the Mission Mobility and Supercars programmes. She wanted a change and joined Sky Deutschland in 2011, who were employing editorial staff, presenters and reporters. Baumgartner a founder member of the editorial team for the sport news channel Sky Sport News HD. At first, she was the presenter of hourly news bulletins on the channel.

She began reporting on Formula One races on site from the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix.{{cite web |last=Garloff |first=Bianca |date=12 March 2019 |title=Das ist die neue F1-Moderatorin |trans-title=This is the new F1 presenter |url=https://www.autobild.de/artikel/formel-1-auf-sky-14662143.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119214337/https://www.autobild.de/artikel/formel-1-auf-sky-14662143.html |archive-date=19 January 2025 |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=Auto Bild |language=de}} Baumgartner also began covering the support Porsche Supercup races that are held inbetween Formula One sessions, and has reported on the UEFA Champions League and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In 2019, after Sky regained the broadcast rights to Formula One in Germany, she became the channel's pit lane reporter.{{cite web |last=Fehling |first=Jonas |date=1 March 2019 |title=Formel 1 bei Sky: Sandra Baumgartner wird Moderatorin |trans-title=Formula 1 on Sky: Sandra Baumgartner becomes presenter |url=https://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/news-253419-formel-1-2019-live-tv-sky-sandra-baumgartner-moderatorin/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119214255/https://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/news-253419-formel-1-2019-live-tv-sky-sandra-baumgartner-moderatorin/ |archive-date=19 January 2025 |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=Motorsport Magazin |language=de}} Baumgartner became a co-presenter of Sky Deutschland's coverage of MotoGP from the 2024 season onwards.{{cite web |last=Ziegengeist |first=Juliane |date=28 February 2024 |title=MotoGP-Übertragung auf Sky: Das ist das Kommentatoren- und Expertenteam |trans-title=MotoGP broadcast on Sky: This is the commentator and expert team |url=https://www.motorsport-total.com/motogp/news/motogp-uebertragung-auf-sky-das-ist-das-kommentatoren-und-expertenteam-24022804 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119214122/https://www.motorsport-total.com/motogp/news/motogp-uebertragung-auf-sky-das-ist-das-kommentatoren-und-expertenteam-24022804 |archive-date=19 January 2025 |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=Motorsport-Total.com}}

Personal life

She married the public relations agency owner Thomas Doriath in May 2019.{{cite news |date=29 May 2019 |title=Das Rennen ist vorbei! Diese Sky-Moderatorin ist unter der Haube |trans-title=The race is over! This Sky presenter is married |url=https://www.tag24.de/muenchen/muenchen-sky-moderatorin-sandra-baumgartner-monaco-gp-formel-1-hochzeit-ehemann-1081664 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119214213/https://www.tag24.de/muenchen/muenchen-sky-moderatorin-sandra-baumgartner-monaco-gp-formel-1-hochzeit-ehemann-1081664 |archive-date=19 January 2025 |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=Tag24 |language=de}} The couple have one child.{{cite news |last=Grüter |first=Maja |date=30 October 2024 |title=Sandra Baumgartner privat: DIESES Geheimnis bewahrt die Sky-Moderatorin für sich |trans-title=Sandra Baumgartner privately: THIS secret is kept by the Sky presenter |url=https://www.derwesten.de/sport/sportmix/sandra-baumgartner-privat-alter-mann-sky-id301134189.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119214234/https://www.derwesten.de/sport/sportmix/sandra-baumgartner-privat-alter-mann-sky-id301134189.html |archive-date=19 January 2025 |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=Der Westen}}

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