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French fencer (born 1995)
Sara Balzer
Personal information
Born (1995-04-03) 3 April 1995 (age 29)
Strasbourg, France
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
WeaponSabre
Handleft-handed
National coachMathieu Gourdain
ClubStrasbourg Université Club
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Individual
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cairo Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Milan Team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Antalya Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Plovdiv Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tbilisi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Antalya Individual
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples Individual
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju Team

Sara Balzer (born 3 April 1995) is a French left-handed sabre fencer. She won two Olympic silver medals, the first at the 2021 team event, and the second on home soil at the 2024 individual event. She has been ranked #1 in the world in women's sabre in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024.

Personal life

Balzer was born in Strasbourg to a French father and a mother of Algerian descent. Her maternal grandfather was a spahi in the French Army.

Medal record

Olympic Games

Year Location Event Position
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Women's Sabre 2nd
2024 France Paris, France Individual Women's Sabre 2nd

World Championship

Year Location Event Position
2017 Germany Leipzig, Germany Team Women's Sabre 3rd
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Women's Sabre 2nd
2023 Italy Milan, Italy Team Women's Sabre 2nd

European Championship

Year Location Event Position
2017 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Team Women's Sabre 3rd
2022 Turkey Antalya, Turkey Individual Women's Sabre 3rd
2023 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria Individual Women's Sabre 2nd

World Cup

Date Location Event Position
2017-03-24 China Yangzhou, China Individual Women's Sabre 2nd
2022-03-03 Greece Athens, Greece Individual Women's Sabre 3rd
2023-03-17 Belgium Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Individual Women's Sabre 1st
2023-05-12 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia Individual Women's Sabre 1st
2023-11-09 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Individual Women's Sabre 1st
2024-03-01 Greece Acropolis, Greece Individual Women's Sabre 1st
2024-03-15 Belgium Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Individual Women's Sabre 1st
2024-05-17 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria Individual Women's Sabre 1st

Grand Prix

Year Location Event Position
2023-04-28 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Women's Sabre 2nd
2023-12-08 France Orleans, France Individual Women's Sabre 3rd
2024-05-05 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Women's Sabre 3rd

See also

References

  1. "JO PARIS 2024 - SARA BALZER ET LES SABREUSES, À LA RECHERCHE D'UNE PREMIÈRE MÉDAILLE D'OR HISTORIQUE". Eurosport. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  2. "Manon Apithy-Brunet domine Sara Balzer et devient championne olympique de sabre aux JO de Paris". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  3. "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. "Sara-Balzer-pour-SITE" (PDF). www.secoursdefrance.com. December 2020.
  5. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  7. "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  8. ^ "FENCING TIME LIVE – The Complete Fencing Tournament Management Solution". FENCING TIME LIVE – The Complete Fencing Tournament Management Solution. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  9. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  10. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

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