Eli Dershwitz

Eli Dershwitz
Personal information
Born (1995-09-23) September 23, 1995
Sherborn, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country United States
Training locationNatick, Massachusetts
WeaponSabre
Handleft-handed
ClubTim Morehouse Fencing Club
Head coachTim Morehouse
FIE ranking17
Domestic ranking1
Medal record
Men's sabre
Representing the  United States
World Championships
2023 MilanIndividual
2018 WuxiIndividual
2023 MilanTeam
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoIndividual
2015 TorontoTeam
2019 LimaTeam
Pan American Championships
2013 CartagenaTeam
2014 San JoséIndividual
2015 SantiagoIndividual
2016 Panama CityTeam
2017 MontrealTeam
2018 HavanaIndividual
2018 HavanaTeam
2019 TorontoIndividual
2019 TorontoTeam
2022 AsunciónTeam
2023 LimaTeam
2024 LimaIndividual
2024 LimaTeam
2017 MontrealIndividual
2022 AsunciónIndividual
2016 Panama CityIndividual
Junior World Championships
2015 TashkentIndividual
2012 MoscowIndividual
2013 PorecIndividual
2014 PlovdivTeam
2015 TashkentTeam
Maccabiah Games
2017 Tel AvivIndividual
2017 Tel AvivTeam
FIE profile

Eli Dershwitz (/ˈdɜːrʃwɪts/ DURSH-wits; born September 23, 1995) is an American left-handed saber fencer, five-time individual Pan American champion, three-time Olympian, and the 2023 saber World Champion.

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 five-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. He was the youngest saber fencer among the world's top 25.

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.

Dershwitz represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, in the Men's sabre and Men's team sabre on July 27 and 31, 2024.