BALAZ Samuel

Date of Birth: 25 Aug 1998

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Height (m/ft): 1.94/6'4''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Men's Kayak Double 1000m SVK Slovakia	10
	Men's Kayak Four 500m SVK Slovakia	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Double 1000m Heat 1 #59	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Double 1000m Quarterfinal 2 #73	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Double 1000m Semi-final 2 #83	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Double 1000m Final B #91	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Four 500m Heat 2 #103	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Four 500m Semi-final 1 #117	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Four 500m Final A #125	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	K4 500m	K4 1000m
2019	Szeged, HUN	3	-
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	7	2

European Games

Year	Location	K1 5000m	K4 500m
2019	Minsk, BLR	15	3

European Championships

Year	Location	K1 5000m	K2 1000m	K4 500m	K4 1000m
2021	Poznan, POL	-	2	2	-
2018	Belgrade, SRB	7	-	-	2

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K2 1000m	K4 500m
2021	1 x 3rd	1 x 6th
2019	-	1 x 2nd
2018	-	1 x 7th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER
3	2021	Kayak Double 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:23.67
6	2021	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:24.18
7	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:22.596

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Samo (Facebook profile, 02 Jul 2018)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

SKP Bratislava [Slovakia]

Peter Liker [national], SVK

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (webnoviny.sk, 24 Mar 2020)

He and his men's K4 500m crewmates Csaba Zalka, Erik Vlcek and Adam Botek received the 2019 Performance of the Year award from Slovak Canoeing. The quartet were recognised for winning bronze at the 2019 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. (canoe-europe.org, 27 Jan 2020)

He was named Sprint Paddler of the Year for 2018 by Slovak Canoeing. (canoe-europe.org, 16 Dec 2018)

General Interest

General
5KM PADDLE CHALLENGE
In June 2020 he took part in the International Canoe Federation [ICF] '5k Paddle Challenge', in which paddlers around the world completed a five-kilometre course of their choice in aid of charity. He recorded a time of 13:44 on the Danube River in Bratislava, Slovakia. "It was not easy at all. The technique is completely different than on smooth water." (sportky.zoznam.sk, 11 Jun 2020; sport.aktuality.sk, 09 Jun 2020)

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Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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