Sara Balzer
Appearance
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Born | Strasbourg, France | 3 April 1995||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weapon | Sabre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hand | left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National coach | Mathieu Gourdain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Strasbourg Université Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Olympic Games
[edit]Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2021 | Tokyo, Japan | Team Women's Sabre | 2nd[5] |
2024 | Paris, France | Individual Women's Sabre | 2nd |
World Championship
[edit]Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2017 | Leipzig, Germany | Team Women's Sabre | 3rd[6] |
2022 | Cairo, Egypt | Team Women's Sabre | 2nd[6] |
2023 | Milan, Italy | Team Women's Sabre | 2nd[6] |
European Championship
[edit]Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2017 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Team Women's Sabre | 3rd[7] |
2022 | Antalya, Turkey | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd[8] |
2023 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Individual Women's Sabre | 2nd[8] |
World Cup
[edit]Date | Location | Event | Position |
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2017-03-24 | Yangzhou, China | Individual Women's Sabre | 2nd[9] |
2022-03-03 | Athens, Greece | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd[10] |
2023-03-17 | Sint-Niklaas, Belgium | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st[9] |
2023-05-12 | Batumi, Georgia | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st[9] |
2023-11-09 | Algiers, Algeria | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st[9] |
2024-03-01 | Acropolis, Greece | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st[10] |
2024-03-15 | Sint-Niklaas, Belgium | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st[10] |
2024-05-17 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st[10] |
Grand Prix
[edit]Year | Location | Event | Position |
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "JO PARIS 2024 - SARA BALZER ET LES SABREUSES, À LA RECHERCHE D'UNE PREMIÈRE MÉDAILLE D'OR HISTORIQUE". Eurosport. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Manon Apithy-Brunet domine Sara Balzer et devient championne olympique de sabre aux JO de Paris". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ https://www.secoursdefrance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sara-Balzer-pour-SITE.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b c d "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b "FENCING TIME LIVE – The Complete Fencing Tournament Management Solution". FENCING TIME LIVE – The Complete Fencing Tournament Management Solution. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sara Balzer.
- Sara Balzer at the International Fencing Federation
- Sara Balzer at the European Fencing Confederation
- Sara Balzer at Olympics.com
- Sara Balzer at Olympedia
- Sara Balzer at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- French female sabre fencers
- Summer World University Games medalists in fencing
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for France
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for France
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for France
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- European Games competitors for France
- Fencers at the 2015 European Games
- Olympic fencers for France
- Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century French sportswomen
- World Fencing Championships medalists
- French sportspeople of Algerian descent
- Sportspeople from Strasbourg
- Fencers at the 2023 European Games
- European Games gold medalists for France
- European Games medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- French fencing biography stubs