| Sara Balzer | |
| Birth Date: | 3 April 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Strasbourg, France |
| Height: | 1.77 m |
| Weight: | 66 kg |
| Weapon: | Sabre |
| Hand: | left-handed |
| Natlcoach: | Mathieu Gourdain |
| Club: | Strasbourg Université Club |
| Fieranking: | current ranking |
| Country: | France |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
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]
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]
| Year | Location | Event | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 |  Tokyo, Japan | Team Women's Sabre | 2nd[5] | |
| 2024 |  Paris, France | Individual Women's Sabre | 2nd |
| Year | Location | Event | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Leipzig, Germany | Team Women's Sabre | 3rd[6] | |
| 2022 |  Cairo, Egypt | Team Women's Sabre | 2nd | |
| 2023 |  Milan, Italy | Team Women's Sabre | 2nd |
| Year | Location | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Date | Location | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2023-05-12 | Batumi, Georgia | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st |
| 2023-11-09 | Algiers, Algeria | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st |
| 2024-03-01 | Acropolis, Greece | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st |
| 2024-03-15 | Sint-Niklaas, Belgium | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st |
| 2024-05-17 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st |
| Year | Location | Event | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-28 |  Seoul, South Korea | Individual Women's Sabre | 2nd | |
| 2023-12-08 | Orleans, France | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd | |
| 2024-05-05 | Seoul, South Korea | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd |