Krisztián Balázs

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Krisztián Balázs (born 25 March 2002){{Cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/asset.php?id=fidb_8363|title=2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|website=FIG|access-date=22 April 2020}} is a Hungarian former artistic gymnast. He participated in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Career

In 2016, he competed in the junior team competition at the 2016 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Bern, Switzerland.{{Cite web|title=Junior Team Competition|url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2016/euros/documents/magjun/teams_opt.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211204755/https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2016/euros/documents/magjun/teams_opt.pdf|archive-date=11 December 2020|access-date=11 December 2020|website=2016 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships}}

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.{{Cite news|last=Morgan|first=Liam|date=13 October 2018|title=Kitazono and Villa claim second gymnastics golds as Spain clinch first Summer Youth Olympic Games beach handball title|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1071031/kitazono-and-villa-claim-second-gymnastics-golds-as-spain-clinch-first-summer-youth-olympic-games-beach-handball-title|url-status=live|access-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209181625/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1071031/kitazono-and-villa-claim-second-gymnastics-golds-as-spain-clinch-first-summer-youth-olympic-games-beach-handball-title|archive-date=9 December 2020}} 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.{{Cite news|last=Payne|first=Ned|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081438/russian-teenage-sensation-wins-third-gold-of-artistic-gymnastics-junior-world-championships|title=Russian teenage sensation wins third gold of Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships|date=30 June 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=22 April 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701164404/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081438/russian-teenage-sensation-wins-third-gold-of-artistic-gymnastics-junior-world-championships|archive-date=1 July 2019}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesportsexaminer.com/gymnastics-russia-and-japan-shine-in-first-world-junior-championships-di-cello-wins-gold-on-vault/ |date=30 June 2019 |publisher=The Sports Examiner |title=GYMNASTICS: Russia and Japan shine in first World Junior Championships; di Cello wins gold on Vault |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622211252/http://www.thesportsexaminer.com/gymnastics-russia-and-japan-shine-in-first-world-junior-championships-di-cello-wins-gold-on-vault/ |archive-date=22 June 2020}} 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.{{Cite news|last=Berkeley|first=Geoff|date=9 December 2020|title=Ukraine claim junior team title on first day of European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1101809/ukraine-junior-european-team-title|url-status=live|access-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209220303/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1101809/ukraine-junior-european-team-title|archive-date=9 December 2020}}{{Cite news|date=9 December 2020|title=Ukraine crowned junior European team Champions!|work=European Gymnastics|url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/ukraine-crowned-junior-european-team-champions|url-status=live|access-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209183830/https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/ukraine-crowned-junior-european-team-champions|archive-date=9 December 2020}} He also won the gold medal in the junior horizontal bar event and the bronze medal in the junior all-around event.{{Cite news|last=Berkeley|first=Geoff|date=11 December 2020|title=Kovtun wins junior all-around gold at European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1101891/kovtun-european-all-around-junior-gold|url-status=live|access-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211210139/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1101891/kovtun-european-all-around-junior-gold|archive-date=11 December 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Berkeley|first=Geoff|date=13 December 2020|title=Turkey end home European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships with historic double|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1101972/turkey-european-gymnastics-final-day|url-status=live|access-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213225602/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1101972/turkey-european-gymnastics-final-day|archive-date=13 December 2020}}

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

Gallery

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| image3 = 2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Floor (Martin Rulsch) 451.jpg

| caption3 = Floor exercise

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