András Balczó

{{Short description|Hungarian modern pentathlete (born 1938)}}

{{eastern name order|Balczó András}}

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{{MedalGold|1960 Rome | Team}}

{{MedalGold|1968 Mexico City | Team}}

{{MedalGold|1972 Munich | Individual}}

{{MedalSilver|1968 Mexico City | Individual}}

{{MedalSilver|1972 Munich | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1963 Evilard | Individual}}

{{MedalGold| 1963 Evilard | Team}}

{{MedalGold| 1965 Leipzig | Individual}}

{{MedalGold| 1965 Leipzig | Team}}

{{MedalGold| 1966 Melbourne | Individual}}

{{MedalGold| 1966 Melbourne | Team}}

{{MedalGold| 1967 Jönköping | Individual}}

{{MedalGold| 1967 Jönköping | Team}}

{{MedalGold| 1969 Budapest | Individual}}

{{MedalGold| 1970 Warendorf | Team}}

{{MedalSilver|1958 Aldershot | Team}}

{{MedalSilver|1959 Hershey | Individual}}

{{MedalSilver|1961 Moscow | Team}}

{{MedalSilver| 1962 Mexico City | Team}}

{{MedalSilver| 1969 Budapest | Team}}

{{MedalSilver| 1970 Warendorf | Individual}}

{{MedalSilver| 1971 San Antonio | Team}}

{{MedalBronze|1961 Moscow| Individual}}

{{MedalBronze| 1971 San Antonio | Individual}}

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András Balczó (born 16 August 1938) is a retired Hungarian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the individual and team events and won three gold and two silver medal; he missed only one medal, finishing fourth individually in 1960.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/andras-balczo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417231933/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/andras-balczo-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=András Balczó Olympic Results |access-date=2012-06-19 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Balczó was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the Year 1966, 1969 and 1972, while the pentathlon team was several times chosen as the Hungarian Team of the Year. He was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR in 1972, along with eight other athletes from outside USSR.{{cite book|title=Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year|year=1973|pages=122–124|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|location=Moscow|language=ru}}

He is considered one of the most successful athletes in the history of modern pentathlon.[http://pentathloncircuit.blogspot.com/2010/05/pentathletes-from-past-andras-balczo.html Pentathletes from the past: András Balczó (HUN)]. 12 May 2010 His wife Mónika Császár is a former Olympic gymnast.