Michal Balner (born 12 September 1982 in Opava) is a Czech athlete who specialises in the pole vault. He represented his country at the 2007 and 2013 World Championships without qualifying for the final. His best outing was the sixth place at the 2010 World Indoor Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 5.82 metres outdoors (Baku 2015) and 5.76 metres indoors (Prague 2010).
In 2010 he received a one-month ban after testing positive for cannabis.
Competition record Representing the 2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan19th (q)5.55 m2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy14th (q)5.40 m2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar6th5.45 mEuropean ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain13th (q)5.60 m2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia –NM2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland20th (q)5.30 m2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic12th (q)5.45 mWorld ChampionshipsBeijing, China7th5.65 m2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States9th5.55 mEuropean ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands19th (q)5.35 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil7th5.50 m2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom25th (q)5.45 m
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