Bal, who has been skiing since he was twelve, made his international debut at the Junior World Championships in Asiago in 1996 . He and the team won the silver medal in the team competition. On March 16, 1996 he made his debut in the Nordic Combined World Cup in Oslo . He immediately reached sixth place in the Gundersen. At the Junior World Championships in Canmore in 1997 , he won the gold medal with the team. After two more good World Cup results in March 1997 and January 1998, he was part of the roster for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . There he achieved seventh place in the individual competition. Together with Sylvain Guillaume , Fabrice Guy and Ludovic Roux , he won the bronze medal in the team competition. A year later, Bal just barely missed the medal ranks at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1999 in Ramsau am Dachstein im Gundersen, as did the team with fourth place. He finished eleventh in the sprint. After further good World Cup results, he finished the 1998/99 season as the most successful of his career in 20th place in the overall World Cup standings. After a rather declining performance in the following years, he started in 2001 in the B World Cup, but was then able to place back in the World Cup squad. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , he reached 6th place with the team. In individual on the normal hill Bal place went to ten, 18th on the large hill place in the 2002/03 season Bal was able to find old services again and reached in the Sprint Cup standings to 21th Place. After that, he was still regularly placed in the points, but he could no longer achieve his old performance. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , he finished fifth in the team competition with François Braud , Ludovic Roux and Jason Lamy Chappuis . In the sprint, Bal reached place 27, in Gundersen place 31st. After another season, Bal ended his active career in 2007.
France
1998 Nagano
2002 Soldier Hollow
2006 Pragelato
1999 Ramsau
2005 Oberstdorf