Eli Dershwitz

Eli Dershwitz
Personal information
Born (1995-09-23) September 23, 1995
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Fencing career
SportFencing
Country United States
Training locationNatick, Massachusetts
WeaponSabre
Handleft-handed
ClubZeta Fencing
Head coachTim Morehouse
FIE ranking17
Domestic ranking1
FIE profile
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
2024 Lima Individual
2024 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 (/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.