Falk Balzer is the German national record holder in the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.41s.

In the summer season he was the German national champion in the 110m hurdles (13.28s) and at the European Cup in Saint Petersburg he earned the silver medal in a new personal best of 13.22s, just beaten by Colin Jackson.

At an international meeting in Monte Carlo, he improved his personal best in the 110m hurdles to 13.13s and placed third behind Mark Crear and Allen Johnson.

In the 1999 summer season he won the European Cup in the 110m hurdles and came fifth in the World Championships in Sevilla.

He also competed in the 110m hurdles at the Military World Games and won the silver medal behind Stanislav Olijars.

The additional testing of the blood sample was rejected by the German Athletics Association.

[10] In spite of these doubts the German Athletics Federation subsequently handed him a two-year doping ban.

He was then diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus, but still managed to get silver at the German Championships in the 110m hurdles in summer.

[14] In 2018 Balzer started coaching Georg Fleischhauer, previously a 400m hurdler, in the high hurdles and as a bobsleigh breakman.

[18] Balzer studied German and History and was awarded a master's degree in both disciplines.

The jury on site considered the race valid and with that Balzer's winning time of 7.34s.

Almost two hours later a jury by the IAAF annulled the entire race since the video recording showed several other athletes, who also had false starts.