Samuel Baláž

{{Short description|Slovak sprint canoeist (born 1998)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Samuel Baláž

| image =

| nationality = Slovak

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|8|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bratislava, Slovakia

| height = 1.93 m

| weight = 85 kg

| country = Slovakia

| sport = Sprint kayak

| club = FK Inter Bratislava

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's sprint kayak}}

{{MedalCountry|{{SVK}}}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalComp|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Montemor-o-Velho|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Copenhagen|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Szeged|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Copenhagen|K-2 500 m}}

{{MedalComp|European Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Minsk|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalComp|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Belgrade|K-4 1000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Poznań|K-2 1000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Poznań|K-4 500 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Munich|K-4 500 m}}

}}

Samuel Baláž (born 25 August 1998) is a Slovak sprint canoeist who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=Samuel Baláž |url=https://www.olympic.sk/sportovec/samuel-balaz |website=www.olympic.sk |access-date=2021-07-13 |archive-date=2021-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717081559/https://www.olympic.sk/sportovec/samuel-balaz |url-status=live}}

Career

He participated at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.{{Cite web |url=https://timetable.canoesprintportugal.com/uploads/XML_Provas/39/pdf/157.pdf |title=K-4 1000 m results |website=canoesprintportugal.com |access-date=2018-09-01 |archive-date=2018-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825183851/https://timetable.canoesprintportugal.com/uploads/XML_Provas/39/pdf/157.pdf |url-status=live}}

Major results

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! Year

!K-2 1000

!K-4 500

20202 FB{{bronze3}}

= World championships =

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! Year

!K-1 500

!K-1 5000

!K-2 500

!K-2 1000

!K-4 500

!K-4 1000

2018

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| 7

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2019

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| {{Bronze3}}

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2021

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|{{Bronze3}}

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|{{silver2}}

| {{n/a}}

2022

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| 5

| 4

|{{n/a}}

2023

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| 3 FB

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2024

| 7

|DNF

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References

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