Sara Balzer

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Sara Balzer
File:Sara Balzer 2014-15 Orleans WC teams t132258.jpg
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 place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Tbilisi Team
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
Gold medal – first place 2025 Genoa 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,[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

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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

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Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Women's Sabre 2nd[5]
2024 France Paris, France Individual Women's Sabre 2nd

World Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2017 Germany Leipzig, Germany Team Women's Sabre 3rd[6]
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Women's Sabre 2nd[7]
2023 Italy Milan, Italy Team Women's Sabre 2nd[8]
2025 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Team Women's Sabre 1st[9]

European Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2017 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Team Women's Sabre 3rd[10]
2022 Turkey Antalya, Turkey Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[11]
2023 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[11]

World Cup

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Date Location Event Position
2017-03-24 China Yangzhou, China Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[12]
2022-03-03 Greece Athens, Greece Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[13]
2023-03-17 Belgium Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Individual Women's Sabre 1st[12]
2023-05-12 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia Individual Women's Sabre 1st[12]
2023-11-09 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Individual Women's Sabre 1st[12]
2024-03-01 Greece Acropolis, Greece Individual Women's Sabre 1st[13]
2024-03-15 Belgium Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Individual Women's Sabre 1st[13]
2024-05-17 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria Individual Women's Sabre 1st[13]

Grand Prix

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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]

See also

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References

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