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)^[2] is a Hungarian former 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
Born	(2002-03-25) 25 March 2002 (age 23) Budapest, Hungary
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Hungary
Retired	January 20, 2025[1]
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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[2][5][6] 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.^[7][8] He also won the gold medal in the junior horizontal bar event and the bronze medal in the junior all-around event.^[9][10]

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

In 2025, on the advice of his doctors, he retired from competitive sport due to incurable spinal problems. He currently works as a coach.

Gallery

Horizontal bar

Parallel bars

Floor exercise

Krisztián Balázs at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics