Mátyás Balogh

Mátyás László Balogh (born 5 October 1999) is a Hungarian archer. He competed in the at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was the first archer to represent Hungary at the Olympics since Judit Kovács and Tímea Kiss took part at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Biography
As a child, Balogh also played football and took up karate.
In June 2021, Balogh qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo via one of the seven quota places in the final qualification tournament. However, at the Olympics, Balogh was eliminated in the first round of the tournament. Overall, he was ranked in 61st place, out of a field of 64 competitors. Despite the early elimination, Balogh said he was proud to represent Hungary at the Olympics after a gap of 25 years, and he was looking forward to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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