Balázs Plisz

Balázs Plisz
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200m: 21.65 (2025)
400m: 46.44 (2025)

Balázs Plisz (born 2 October 2004) is a Hungarian sprinter. He became Hungarian indoor champion over 400 metres in 2026.[1]

Biography

Plisz won the 400 metres race at the 2025 Budapest Open with an indoor personal best of 48.13 seconds in February 2025.[2] Later that month, Plisz placed fourth overall in a new person best of 47.40 seconds at the Hungarian Indoor Athletics Championships. He was included as part of the Hungarian travelling team as part of the relay pool for the 2025 World Indoor Championships in China.[3][4]

Plisz broke his personal best for the 400 metres a number of times during the 2025 outdoor season, including a run 46.44 seconds to place second behind Árpád Kovács at the Hungarian U23 Championships which qualified for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway.[5][6] He also competed for Hungary in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany, that summer, alongside Csanád Csahóczi, Zoltán Wahl, and Árpád Kovács.[7][8]

Formerly a member of Pécs VSK, Plisz joined his fellow 400 m runner Zoltán Wahl at Tatabányai Sport Club in January 2026. He won 400 metres at the Nyíregyháza Open indoor athletics competition on 24 January 2026, winning with a time of 47.32 seconds.[9] In February 2026, Plisz ran an indoor personal best time of 46.81 seconds in Nyíregyháza.[10] He ran 47.31 to win the 400 metres title at the 2026 Hungarian Indoor Championships in Nyíregyháza.[11] He was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Balázs Plisz". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  2. ^ "BALÁZS PLISZ WON THE BUDAPEST OPEN". pvsk.hu. 3 Feb 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Három U23-as magyar versenyző is részt vesz a felnőtt fedett pályás vb-n". utanpotlassport.hu. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Hungarian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 Feb 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  5. ^ "The Pécs sprinter breaks his personal bests one by one: he shared what he would be happy about before the European Championships". Bama.hu. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  6. ^ "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  7. ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Hungarian silver and Hungarian bronze on the penultimate day of the Universiade". Eurosport.hu. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Tatabányai Sport Club has been strengthened with a young athlete". Kemma.hu. 30 Jan 2026. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  10. ^ "Árpád Kovács and Balázs Plisz both ran personal bests in the 400 meters". nemzetisport.hu. 8 Feb 2026. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  11. ^ "Hungarian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  12. ^ "ELEVEN HUNGARIANS TO COMPETE AT THE WORLD INDOOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Nemzeti Sport. 11 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
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