BESBES Sarra

Date of Birth: 5 Feb 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: ABU DHABI

Birth Country:

United Arab Emirates

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 Épée Individual	22

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Yellow Piste	Women's Épée Individual Table of 32 #38 ITA ISOLA FISOLA Federica 14 TUN BESBES SBESBES Sarra 12	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Epee Individual
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5
2012	London, GBR	8

World Championships

Year	Location	Epee Individual
2019	Budapest, HUN	30
2017	Leipzig, GER	12
2015	Moscow, RUS	3
2014	Kazan, RUS	34
2013	Budapest, HUN	17
2011	Catania, ITA	113
2010	Paris, FRA	60
2009	Antalya, TUR	79

African Games

Year	Location	Epee Individual	Foil Team	Epee Team
2019	Sale, MAR	1	2	2

African Championships

Year	Location	Epee Individual	Epee Team
2019	Bamako, MLI	1	4
2018	Tunis, TUN	-	2
2017	Alexandria, EGY	-	1

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

Year	Epee Individual
2020/2021	1 x 38th
2019/2020	1 x 13th, 1 x 35th, 1 x 36th
2018/2019	1 x 13th
2017/2018	1 x 19th, 1 x 21st
2016/2017	1 x 3rd, 1 x 9th, 2 x 17th

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

Year	Epee Individual
2019/2020	1 x 12th, 1 x 40th
2018/2019	1 x 8th, 1 x 44th
2017/2018	1 x 22nd
2016/2017	1 x 1st, 1 x 9th

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

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2016/2017	Epee Individual	Grand Prix	Doha, QAT
3	2016/2017	Epee Individual	World Cup	Legnano, ITA
8	2018/2019	Epee Individual	Grand Prix	Cali, COL
9	2016/2017	Epee Individual	Grand Prix	Budapest, HUN
9	2016/2017	Epee Individual	World Cup	Suzhou, CHN
12	2019/2020	Epee Individual	Grand Prix	Budapest, HUN
13	2019/2020	Epee Individual	World Cup	Havana, CUB
13	2018/2019	Epee Individual	World Cup	Havana, CUB
17	2016/2017	Epee Individual	World Cup	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
17	2016/2017	Epee Individual	World Cup	Barcelona, ESP

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Epee Individual	2017/2018	Geneva, SUI

Occupation:

Biology, Health Studies

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English, French

Team Escrime Levavasseur [Saint-Maur, FRA]

Daniel Levavasseur [club], FRA

Left (coeursdathletes.fr; 15 Feb 2017)

Sporting relatives:

Her mother Hayet has served as an international fencing referee, and as the president of the Tunisian Women's Sports Association. Her siblings Azza, Hela, Rim, and Ahmed Aziz have all represented Tunisia in fencing. Her sister Azza competed at the Olympic Games in 2008, 2012, and 2016. (SportsDeskOnline, 05 Jul 2018; fie.org, 01 Jun 2018; webmanagercenter.com, 19 Feb 2015; jeuneafrique.com, 30 Jul 2012)

She had an injury prior to the 2019 Grand Prix in Cali, Colombia. She was still able to compete at the event. (tekiano.com, 06 May 2019)

Injury meant she missed the 2017 African Championships in Cairo, Egypt. (Facebook profile, 07 Jun 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Facebook page, 26 May 2019)

General Interest

General
EARLY CAREER
She switched from foil to epee in 2006 as she felt the latter suited her natural style. "I did 11 years in foil, then I decided to change to epee in 2006 because my character is better for epee. All three weapons have different characteristics. I liked foil at the beginning, but I found I was a little slow for foil." (FIE Fencing Channel YouTube channel, 11 Feb 2016)

Milestones

In 2015 she became the first Tunisian fencer to claim victory at a World Cup event when she triumphed in individual epee in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Jul 2015; africatopsports.com, 16 Feb 2015)

Social Media

Legend

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

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