Matej Baluch
Slovak athlete
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Matej Baluch (born 16 October 2000) is a Slovak athlete. He has won multiple national championship titles in the 400 metres hurdles and is the joint-national record holder. He is also the national indoor record holder over 200 metres.[1]
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| Born | 14 October 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Events | Sprint, hurdles | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 200m: 20.93 (2025) 400mH: 48.94 (2026) NR | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
A member of Dukla Banská Bystrica,[2] Baluch won the bronze medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Sweden.[3][4] In 2021, he competed in the 400 m hurdles at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn, finishing seventh overall in 51.17 seconds.[3]
As part of the Slovakian 4 x 40 relay team, he helped set a new national indoor record of 3:09.79 at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.[5] Baluch competed for Slovakia at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, his debut as an individual at a major championships. In 2022, he improved his personal best in the 400m hurdles) to 50.21 seconds, and achieved a performance under 51 seconds nine times in the season.[3]
Baluch was eliminated in the preliminary round at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, with a time of 52.17 seconds.[6] In 2025, he improved the Slovakian indoor record in the 200 meters to 20.93 seconds in Ostrava.[7] In March he represented Slovakia at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China.[8] In July 2025, Baluch improved his personal record in the 400 m hurdles (49.39) at the ISTAF meeting in Berlin.[9]
At the 2026 Slovakian Indoor Championships he won the 200 metres title for the fourth year in a row, and his sixth title in total.[7] Baluch competed in the 400 metres hurdles for Slovakia at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, where he ran a time of 48.94 seconds, equaling the national record of Jozef Kucej and Patrik Dömötör.[10]
Personal life
He studied at the Matej Bel University.[3]