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Sara Balzer
Personal information
Born3 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

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,[1] and the second on home soil at the 2024 individual event.[2] She has been ranked #1 in the world in women's sabre in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024.[3]

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.[4]

Year Location Event Position
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Women's Sabre 2nd[5]
2024 France Paris, France Individual Women's Sabre 2nd
Year Location Event Position
2017 Germany Leipzig, Germany Team Women's Sabre 3rd[6]
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Women's Sabre 2nd[6]
2023 Italy Milan, Italy Team Women's Sabre 2nd[6]

European Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2017 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Team Women's Sabre 3rd[7]
2022 Turkey Antalya, Turkey Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[8]
2023 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[8]
Date Location Event Position
2017-03-24 China Yangzhou, China Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[9]
2022-03-03 Greece Athens, Greece Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[10]
2023-03-17 Belgium Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Individual Women's Sabre 1st[9]
2023-05-12 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia Individual Women's Sabre 1st[9]
2023-11-09 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Individual Women's Sabre 1st[9]
2024-03-01 Greece Acropolis, Greece Individual Women's Sabre 1st[10]
2024-03-15 Belgium Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Individual Women's Sabre 1st[10]
2024-05-17 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria Individual Women's Sabre 1st[10]
Year Location Event Position
2023-04-28 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[5]
2023-12-08 France Orleans, France Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[5]
2024-05-05 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[5]
  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. ^ a b c d "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "FENCING TIME LIVE – The Complete Fencing Tournament Management Solution". FENCING TIME LIVE – The Complete Fencing Tournament Management Solution. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 March 2022.