BALZER Sara

Date of Birth: 3 Apr 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Place of birth: STRASBOURG

Birth Country:

France

Place of residence : PARIS

Residence Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Fencing	Women's Sabre Team FRA France	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Green Piste	Women's Sabre Team Quarterfinal 3 #11 FRA France 45 USA United States 30	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste	Women's Sabre Team Semifinal 2 #16 FRA France 45 ITA Italy 39	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Final Piste	Women's Sabre Team Gold Medal Match #20 ROC ROC 45 FRA France 41	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2017	Leipzig, GER	11	3

European Championships

Year	Location	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2017	Tbilisi, GEO	13	3

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2020/2021	1 x 8th	1 x 4th
2019/2020	1 x 13th, 1 x 25th, 1 x 48th	-
2018/2019	1 x 22nd, 1 x 42nd	-
2017/2018	1 x 35th	-
2016/2017	1 x 2nd, 1 x 26th, 2 x 29th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 5th

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Sabre Individual
2019/2020	1 x 8th
2018/2019	1 x 28th, 1 x 34th, 1 x 53rd
2017/2018	1 x 24th
2016/2017	1 x 13th, 1 x 25th, 1 x 31st

World Cup & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2016/2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
2	2016/2017	Sabre Individual	World Cup	Yangzhou, CHN
2	2016/2017	Sabre Team	World Cup	Yangzhou, CHN
4	2020/2021	Sabre Team	World Cup	Budapest, HUN
5	2016/2017	Sabre Team	World Cup	Athens, GRE
8	2020/2021	Sabre Individual	World Cup	Budapest, HUN
8	2019/2020	Sabre Individual	Grand Prix	Montreal, QC, CAN
13	2019/2020	Sabre Individual	World Cup	Athens, GRE
13	2016/2017	Sabre Individual	Grand Prix	Moscow, RUS
22	2018/2019	Sabre Individual	World Cup	Sint-Niklaas, BEL
24	2017/2018	Sabre Individual	Grand Prix	Moscow, RUS

Occupation:

Psychology - National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance [INSEP], Paris, FRA

Languages spoken:

English, French, Spanish

Strasbourg Universite Club [France]

Jean Philippe Daurelle [national], FRA (escrime-orleans.org, 21 Jun 2018)

Left (fie.org, 2014)

She sustained an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her left knee at the 2017 World Championships in Leipzig, Germany. She returned to competition in May 2018. (lequipe.fr, 11 May 2018)

She began competing in fencing in 2010. (baku2015.com, 25 Jun 2015)

To compete at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. (Instagram profile, 06 May 2018)

She trains at the National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance [INSEP] in Paris, France. (Facebook profile, 03 May 2021; insep.fr, 21 Jan 2021)

Philosophy:

"The harder the road, the better the victory." (Facebook profile, 22 Apr 2021)

General Interest

General
INJURY BREAK
She was sidelined by an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her left knee from July 2017 to May 2018. "The psychological problem [caused by her injury] was even harder than the physical one. It took me more than two years to recover, and even then I had to go step-by-step. I think I am a different athlete after my injury. I became quite interested in re-athleticism, and found that things I was doing could increase the risk of injury. There are quite a few things that I wasn't doing or wasn't doing well, so I incorporated some strengthening exercises. For example on footwork, which I had never done but is very important in our sport. In the end, I mostly learned to listen to myself more. You can get a lot out of an injury like that." (byathlete.com, 22 Jun 2020; lequipe.fr, 11 May 2018)

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Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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