Sara Balzer
Sara Balzer (born 3 April 1995) is a French left-
handed sabre fencer. She won two Olympic silver Sara Balzer
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]
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.[4]
Medal record
Personal information
Olympic Games
Born 3 April 1995
Year Location Event Position Strasbourg, France
Team Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
2021 Tokyo, Japan Women's [5]
2nd Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Sabre
Sport
Individual
2024 Paris, France Women's 2nd Country France
Sabre
Weapon Sabre
Hand left-handed
World Championship National coach Mathieu Gourdain
Club Strasbourg Université Club
Year Location Event Position
FIE ranking current ranking (https://fie.org/
Team
Leipzig, athletes/29003)
2017
Germany
Women's 3rd[6]
Sabre
Medal record
Team
2022 Cairo, Egypt Women's 2nd[6] Women's sabre
Sabre Representing France
Team Olympic Games
2023 Milan, Italy Women's 2nd[6]
Sabre 2020 Tokyo Team
2024 Paris Individual
European Championship World Championships
2022 Cairo Team
Year Location Event Position
2023 Milan Team
Team European Games
Tbilisi,
2017
Georgia
Women's 3rd[7]
Sabre 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
Antalya,
Individual European Championships
2022 Women's 3rd[8]
Turkey 2022 Antalya Team
Sabre
Individual 2023 Kraków Team
Plovdiv,
2023
Bulgaria
Women's 2nd[8] 2023 Plovdiv Individual
Sabre
2017 Tbilisi Team
2022 Antalya Individual
World Cup Universiade
2019 Naples Individual
Date Location Event Position
2019 Naples Team
Individual
2017- Yangzhou,
03-24
Women's 2nd[9] 2015 Gwangju Team
China
Sabre
Individual
2022- Athens,
03-03 Greece
Women's 3rd[10]
Sabre
Individual
2023- Sint-Niklaas,
03-17 Belgium
Women's 1st[9]
Sabre
Individual
2023- Batumi,
05-12
Women's 1st[9]
Georgia
Sabre
Individual
2023- Algiers,
11-09 Algeria
Women's 1st[9]
Sabre
Individual
2024- Acropolis,
03-01 Greece
Women's 1st[10]
Sabre
Individual
2024- Sint-Niklaas,
03-15
Women's 1st[10]
Belgium
Sabre
Individual
2024- Plovdiv,
05-17 Bulgaria
Women's 1st[10]
Sabre
Grand Prix
Year Location Event Position
2023-04-28 Seoul, South Korea Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[5]
2023-12-08 Orleans, France Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[5]
2024-05-05 Seoul, South Korea Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[5]
See also
France at the 2019 Summer Universiade
References
1. "JO PARIS 2024 - SARA BALZER ET LES SABREUSES, À LA RECHERCHE D'UNE
PREMIÈRE MÉDAILLE D'OR HISTORIQUE" (https://www.eurosport.fr/escrime/paris-2024/2
024/jo-paris-2024-sara-balzer-et-les-sabreuses-a-la-recherche-dune-premiere-medaille-dor-
historique_sto20021503/story.shtml). Eurosport. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
2. "Manon Apithy-Brunet domine Sara Balzer et devient championne olympique de sabre aux
JO de Paris" (https://www.lequipe.fr/Jo-2024-paris/Escrime/Actualites/Manon-apithy-brunet-
domine-sara-balzer-et-devient-championne-olympique-de-sabre-aux-jo-de-paris/1486650).
L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
3. "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official
website" (http://fie.org/athletes/29003). FIE.org. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
4. "Sara-Balzer-pour-SITE" (https://www.secoursdefrance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sa
ra-Balzer-pour-SITE.pdf) (PDF). www.secoursdefrance.com. December 2020.
5. "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official
website" (http://fie.org/competitions/2021/251). FIE.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
6. "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official
website" (http://fie.org/competitions/2017/251). FIE.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
7. "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official
website" (http://fie.org/competitions/2017/748). FIE.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
8. "FENCING TIME LIVE – The Complete Fencing Tournament Management Solution" (https://
www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/7076E2438BBE4C45AAF4AAFEB4E9D08D).
FENCING TIME LIVE – The Complete Fencing Tournament Management Solution.
Retrieved 19 June 2022.
9. "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official
website" (http://fie.org/competitions/2017/151). FIE.org. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
10. "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official
website" (http://fie.org/competitions/2022/469). FIE.org. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
External links
Sara Balzer (https://fie.org/athletes/29003) at the International Fencing Federation
Sara Balzer (https://www.eurofencing.info/competitions/fencers/case:fencer/licence:0082536
5) at the European Fencing Confederation
Sara Balzer (https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/sara-balzer) at Olympics.com
Sara Balzer (https://web.archive.org/web/2022/https://espritbleu.franceolympique.com/esprit
bleu/athletes/0/balzer-132650.php) at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived)
(in French)
Sara Balzer (https://www.equipedefrance.com/athlete/sara-balzer) at Team France (in
French)
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