Francisco Balanta
Colombian judoka
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.
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.
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