Krisztián Balázs

The native form of this personal name is Balázs Krisztián. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Krisztián Balázs (born 25 March 2002)^[1] is a Hungarian artistic gymnast. He participated in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Krisztián Balázs
Balázs in 2023
Personal information
Country represented	Hungary
Born	(2002-03-25) 25 March 2002 (age 22) Budapest, Hungary
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Representing  Hungary Men's artistic gymnastics Junior World Championships 2019 Győr Horizontal bar Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Floor 2018 Buenos Aires Horizontal bar Representing Mixed-NOCs Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team

Career

In 2016, he competed in the junior team competition at the 2016 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Bern, Switzerland.^[2]

At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won the silver medal in the floor exercise and the bronze medal in the horizontal bar.^[3] He also won the gold medal in the mixed multi-discipline team event. At the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Győr, Hungary, he won the bronze medal in the horizontal bar.^[1][4][5] A month later, he won the bronze medal in the men's parallel bars event at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

In 2020, he won the silver medal in the junior men's team event at the 2020 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Mersin, Turkey.^[6][7] He also won the gold medal in the junior horizontal bar event and the bronze medal in the junior all-around event.^[8][9]

He competed at the 2021 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Basel, Switzerland.

Gallery

Horizontal bar

Parallel bars

Floor exercise

Krisztián Balázs at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

1. "2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". FIG. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
2. "Junior Team Competition" (PDF). 2016 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
3. Morgan, Liam (13 October 2018). "Kitazono and Villa claim second gymnastics golds as Spain clinch first Summer Youth Olympic Games beach handball title". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
4. Payne, Ned (30 June 2019). "Russian teenage sensation wins third gold of Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
5. "GYMNASTICS: Russia and Japan shine in first World Junior Championships; di Cello wins gold on Vault". The Sports Examiner. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
6. Berkeley, Geoff (9 December 2020). "Ukraine claim junior team title on first day of European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
7. "Ukraine crowned junior European team Champions!". European Gymnastics. 9 December 2020. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
8. Berkeley, Geoff (11 December 2020). "Kovtun wins junior all-around gold at European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
9. Berkeley, Geoff (13 December 2020). "Turkey end home European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships with historic double". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

External links

• Media related to Krisztián Balázs at Wikimedia Commons
• Krisztián Balázs at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Krisztián Balázs at Olympedia