Francisco Balanta

{{Short description|Colombian judoka (born 1998)}}

{{Infobox judoka

| honorific_prefix =

| name = Francisco Balanta

| honorific_suffix =

| image =

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption =

| headercolor =

| textcolor =

| native_name =

| native_name_lang =

| birth_name =

| full_name =

| nickname =

| nationality =

| national_team =

| ethnicity =

| citizenship =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|3|16}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| resting_place =

| resting_place_coordinates =

| monuments =

| residence =

| hometown =

| education =

| alma_mater =

| occupation =

| years_active =

| employer =

| agent =

| height =

| weight =

| spouse =

| life_partner =

| other_interests =

| website =

| module =

| country = {{COL}}

| weight_class = {{nbnd}}100 kg

| rank =

| rank_ref =

| dan =

| club =

| olympics_rank =

| olympics_year =

| olympics_weight =

| worlds_rank = R16

| worlds_year = 2023

| worlds_weight = Men's 100 kg

| worlds_year2 = 2024

| worlds_weight2 = Men's 100 kg

| regionals_type = AM

| regionals_rank = 3

| regionals_year = 2021

| regionals_weight =

| regionals_year2 = 2025

| regionals_weight2 =

| nationals =

| highestranking =

| show-medals =

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport| Men's judo }}

{{Medal|Country| {{COL}} }}

{{Medal|Competition| Pan American Games }}

{{Medal|S| 2019 Lima | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2023 Santiago | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|B|2023 Santiago| Mixed team }}

{{Medal|Competition| Pan American Championships }}

{{Medal|B| 2021 Guadalajara | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2025 Santiago | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Central American and Caribbean Games }}

{{Medal|G| 2023 San Salvador | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Barranquilla | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2023 San Salvador | Mixed team }}

{{Medal|Competition| South American Games }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Cochabamba | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Bolivarian Games }}

{{Medal|G| 2017 Santa Marta | Men's team }}

{{Medal|B| 2017 Santa Marta | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Pan American Junior Championships }}

{{Medal|G| 2018 La Paz | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2017 Cancún | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2016 Cordoba | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| South American Junior Championships }}

{{Medal|B| 2015 Lima | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

| updated = 29 April 2025

}}

Francisco Balanta (born 16 March 1998) is a Colombian judoka. He won the silver medal in the {{nbnd}}90 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.{{Cite web|url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/JUD/PAG2019_JUD_C75_JUDM90KG--------------------------.pdf|title=Men's 90 kg event|website=2019 Pan American Games|access-date=22 March 2020}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.elcolombiano.com/deportes/mas-de-5-mil-atletas-en-el-camino-de-la-formacion-KL12082239|title=Más de 5 mil atletas en el camino de la formación|date=4 December 2019|work=El Colombiano|access-date=22 March 2020}}

At the 2018 South American Games held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Balanta won one of the bronze medals in the {{nbnd}}90 kg event. Later that year, he also won one of the bronze medals in the {{nbnd}}90 kg event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.

In 2019, Balanta competed in the {{nbnd}}90 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan where he was eliminated in his first match by Abderrahmane Benamadi of Algeria.