(1995-09-23) September 23, 1995 (age 28) Sherborn, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight
79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country
United States
Training location
Natick, Massachusetts
Sport
Fencing
Weapon
Sabre
Hand
left-handed
Club
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club
Head coach
Zoran Tulum
FIE ranking
5
Domestic ranking
1[1]
Medal record
Men's sabre
Representing the United States
World Championships
2023 Milan
Individual
2018 Wuxi
Individual
2023 Milan
Team
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto
Individual
2015 Toronto
Team
2019 Lima
Team
Pan American Championships
2013 Cartagena
Team
2014 San José
Individual
2015 Santiago
Individual
2016 Panama City
Team
2017 Montreal
Team
2018 Havana
Individual
2018 Havana
Team
2019 Toronto
Individual
2019 Toronto
Team
2022 Asunción
Team
2023 Lima
Team
2017 Montreal
Individual
2022 Asunción
Individual
2016 Panama City
Individual
Junior World Championships
2015 Tashkent
Individual
2012 Moscow
Individual
2013 Porec
Individual
2014 Plovdiv
Team
2015 Tashkent
Team
Maccabiah Games
2017 Tel Aviv
Individual
2017 Tel Aviv
Team
Eli Dershwitz (born September 23, 1995) is an American left-handed saber fencer, four-time individual Pan American champion, two-time Olympian, and the 2023 saber World Champion.[2]
In 2014, Dershwitz won the US Men's Saber National Championship, becoming the youngest US senior men's saber championship holder. Dershwitz then won the 2015 Junior World Fencing Championships in saber, becoming the inaugural U.S. men's saber fencer to win a world title. He is a four-time Pan-American Championship title holder, and the 2015 Pan American Games champion in saber. Dershwitz competed in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He returned to Harvard University as a sophomore, winning individual saber in the 2017 NCAA Fencing Championship and as a junior in the 2018 NCAA Fencing Championship. He was ranked #1 in the United States as of February 2018, and was ranked #1 in the world as of July 2018.[3][4][5][6] He was the youngest saber fencer among the world's top 25.[7]
He won a silver medal in saber at the 2018 World Fencing Championships. He won the gold medal in saber at the 2023 World Fencing Championships.
^"Harvard fencer heads for Olympics," Harvard Gazette.
^"INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". The International Fencing Federation. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
^"Eli Dershwitz Rises To No. 1 Saber Fencer In The World With First World Championship Medal"
^"Fencer Eli Dershwitz is ready to strike at Rio Olympics," The Boston Globe.
^"Eli Dershwitz," usfencing.org.
^"USOC Announces Best of April Finalists for Team USA Awards". SwimSwam. May 2, 2018.
^"Grabbing the Gold: Star Fencer Eli Dershwitz Finds International Success Representing Team USA | Sports". The Harvard Crimson.
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