Štefan Balošák Explained

Štefan Balošák
Birth Date:23 November 1972
Birth Place:Martin, Czechoslovakia
Height:1.81 m[1]
Weight:72 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:400 metres
Club:Dukla Banská Bystrica

Štefan Balošák (born 23 November 1972 in Martin) is a Slovak former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. He represented his country at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics as well as the 1997 World Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 45.32 seconds outdoors (Atlanta 1996) and 47.06 seconds indoors (Budapest 1997).[2] The first result is the standing national record.

International competitions

Representing
1990World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria27th (h)400 m48.57
15th (h) relay3:11.85
Representing
1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland7th400 m46.64
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States14th (sf)400 m45.59
1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece18th (qf)400 m45.48
1998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary21st (h)400 m46.87
2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia44th (h)400 m46.42
27th (h) relay3:09.54

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030629/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/stefan-balosak-1.html Sports-Reference profile
  2. http://www.all-athletics.com/node/73159 All-Athletics profile