Sara Balzer

Sara Balzer
Balzer in 2014
Personal information
Born (1995-04-03) 3 April 1995 (age 31)
Strasbourg, France
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Fencing career
SportFencing
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 place2020 TokyoTeam
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisIndividual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 TbilisiTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 CairoTeam
Silver medal – second place2023 MilanTeam
Silver medal – second place2026 Hong KongIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2026 Hong KongTeam
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 AntalyaTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 KrakówTeam
Gold medal – first place2025 GenoaTeam
Silver medal – second place2023 PlovdivIndividual
Silver medal – second place2026 AntonyTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 TbilisiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 AntalyaIndividual
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2019 NaplesIndividual
Silver medal – second place2019 NaplesTeam
Bronze medal – third place2015 GwangjuTeam

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
2025 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Team Women's Sabre 1st

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.
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  7. ↑ "2022 World Championship - INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION". FIE.org. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "2023 World Championship - INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION". FIE.org. Archived from the original on 18 October 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "2025 World Championship - INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION". FIE.org. Archived from the original on 2 August 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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  13. 1 2 3 4 "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.