Balázs Baji
Balázs Baji 
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| birthday | 9th June 1989 (age 31) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Békéscsaba , Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| size | 192 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | 110 meter hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best performance | 13.15 s 
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| society | Békéscsabai AC (-2017) Honvéd Budapest (since 2018) |
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| status | active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balázs Baji (born June 9, 1989 in Békéscsaba ) is a Hungarian hurdler who specializes in the 110-meter distance .
Athletic career
Balázs Baji gained his first international experience in 2007 when he reached the semi-finals at the Junior European Championships in Hengelo and was eliminated there with 13.80 seconds. The following year he finished seventh at the Junior World Championships in Bydgoszcz in 13.60 s. In 2009 he qualified in the 60-meter hurdles for the European Indoor Championships in Turin , where he was eliminated with 7.94 s in the run-up, before he was eliminated in the semifinals at the U23 European Championships in Kaunas with 13.96 s. In 2010 he took part in the European Championships in Barcelona for the first time, but failed there with 14.01 s in the first round. Also at the European Athletics Indoor Championships 2011 in Paris , he was eliminated over 60 m hurdles with 7.77 s in the preliminary round and then finished sixth at the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen in 13.71 s. He also qualified for the World Championships in Daegu , where he was eliminated with 14.06 s in the first round. The following year he reached the semi-finals at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul , where he was eliminated with 7.76 s. He was then eliminated from the European Championships in Helsinki with 13.68 s in the semifinals and also took part in the Olympic Games in London in August , where he was eliminated with 13.76 s in the run -up.
In 2013 he was fourth in the 60-meter hurdles at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg in 7.56 s and reached the semi-finals during the outdoor season at the World Championships in Moscow , in which he was eliminated with 13.49 s. The following year he was eliminated from the 2014 World Indoor Athletics Championships in Sopot with 7.63 s in the semifinals and then finished fourth at the European Championships in Zurich in 13.29 s. With this he set a new national record, but had to admit defeat by a few thousandths of a second to Frenchman Pascal Martinot-Lagarde , who ran the same time but was awarded the bronze medal. In 2015 he was seventh at the European Indoor Championships in Prague in 7.65 s and retired from the World Championships in Beijing with 13.51 s in the semi-finals . In 2016 Baji made the big breakthrough. First he reached sixth place at the World Indoor Championships in Portland in 7.65 s, before winning the silver medal behind Frenchman Dimitri Bascou in 13.28 s at the European Championships in Amsterdam . He qualified again for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he was eliminated with 13.52 s in the semifinals .
In 2017 he was disqualified in the first round of the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade and took part again in the summer of the World Championships in London, where he ran 13.28 seconds in the semi-finals and thus the bronze medal behind Jamaican Omar McLeod and Sergei Schubenkow from Russia won. Only two weeks later he won the Summer Universiade in Taipei in 13.35 seconds. The following year he retired from the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham with 7.64 s in the semifinals and was then eighth in the European Championships in Berlin in 13.55 s. In 2019, he had to end the season in spring due to a knee injury.
In 2007 and between 2011 and 2018, Baji was the Hungarian champion in the 110-meter hurdles and in 2009 also in the 200-meter run and in 2020 he won the 4-by-100-meter relay. In the hall he secured the title in the 60-meter hurdles in 2009, 2011 and from 2013 to 2018.
Personal best
- 200 meters: 21.35 s (+1.5 m / s), May 26, 2013 in Budapest
- 110 m hurdles: 13.15 s (+0.3 m / s), July 4th 2017 in Székesfehérvár ( Hungarian record )
- 60 m hurdles (hall): 7.53 s, February 19, 2017 in Budapest ( Hungarian record )
Awards
- Athlete of the year: 2016, 2017
- László Papp Prize: 2017
- Sportsman of the year : 2017
- Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary : 2018 (Knight)
Web links
- Balázs Baji in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Balázs Baji in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Baji Balázs at Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság ( Hungarian )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steve Landells: That moment when… Baji bagged bronze ( English ) IAAF. October 14, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
- ↑ Steve Landells: World bronze makes Baji hungry for more medals ( English ) IAAF. June 13, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
- ↑ Bob Ramsak: Baji and Juska the standouts as World University Games conclude in Taipei City ( English ) IAAF. August 28, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
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| SURNAME | Baji, Balázs |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian hurdler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Békéscsaba |