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 YearLocationEventPosition2021 Tokyo, JapanTeam Women's Sabre2nd2024 Paris, France Individual Women's Sabre2nd
World Championship YearLocationEventPosition2017 Leipzig, GermanyTeam Women's Sabre3rd2022 Cairo, EgyptTeam Women's Sabre2nd2023 Milan, ItalyTeam Women's Sabre2nd2025 Tbilisi, GeorgiaTeam Women's Sabre1st
European Championship YearLocationEventPosition2017 Tbilisi, GeorgiaTeam Women's Sabre3rd2022 Antalya, TurkeyIndividual Women's Sabre 3rd2023 Plovdiv, BulgariaIndividual Women's Sabre 2nd
World Cup DateLocationEventPosition2017-03-24 Yangzhou, ChinaIndividual Women's Sabre2nd2022-03-03 Athens, GreeceIndividual Women's Sabre3rd2023-03-17 Sint-Niklaas, BelgiumIndividual Women's Sabre1st2023-05-12 Batumi, GeorgiaIndividual Women's Sabre1st2023-11-09 Algiers, AlgeriaIndividual Women's Sabre1st2024-03-01 Acropolis, GreeceIndividual Women's Sabre1st2024-03-15 Sint-Niklaas, BelgiumIndividual Women's Sabre1st2024-05-17 Plovdiv, BulgariaIndividual Women's Sabre1st
Grand Prix YearLocationEventPosition2023-04-28 Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Women's Sabre2nd2023-12-08 Orleans, FranceIndividual Women's Sabre3rd2024-05-05 Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Women's Sabre3rd
See also France at the 2019 Summer Universiade
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