Francisco Balanta
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| Born | 16 March 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –100 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Champ. | R16 (2023, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pan American Champ. | 
(2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 24 May 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Francisco Balanta (born 16 March 1998) is a Colombian judoka. He won the silver medal in the –90 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[1][2]
At the 2018 South American Games held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Balanta won one of the bronze medals in the –90 kg event. Later that year, he also won one of the bronze medals in the –90 kg event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.
In 2019, Balanta competed in the –90 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan where he was eliminated in his first match by Abderrahmane Benamadi of Algeria.
Achievements
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| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
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| 2017 | Bolivarian Games | 1st | Team |
| 3rd | –90 kg | ||
| 2018 | South American Games | 3rd | –90 kg |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | 3rd | –90 kg | |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | 2nd | –90 kg |
| 2021 | Pan American Judo Championships | 3rd | –90 kg |
| 2023 | Central American and Caribbean Games | 1st | –100 kg |
| 3rd | Mixed team | ||
| Pan American Games | 3rd | –100 kg | |
| 3rd | Mixed team |
References
[edit]- ^ "Men's 90 kg event" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Más de 5 mil atletas en el camino de la formación". El Colombiano. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
External links
[edit]- Francisco Balanta at the International Judo Federation
- Francisco Balanta at JudoInside.com
- Francisco Balanta at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Francisco Balanta at The-Sports.org
- Francisco Balanta on Instagram
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- Living people
- 1998 births
- Colombian male judoka
- South American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- South American Games medalists in judo
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in judo
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Judoka at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Judoka at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in judo
- 21st-century Colombian people
- Balanta family
- Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Bolivarian Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- Bolivarian Games medalists in judo
- South American judo biography stubs
- Colombian martial arts biography stubs