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[edit] Fencers & coaches of the Olympic era

Austria
  • Otto Herschmann, Austrian fencer (saber); one of only a few athletes to have won Olympic medals in different sports; won silver medal in sabre team competition in 1912
  • Ellen Preis, Austrian fencer (foil), Olympic champion
Belarus
  • Elena Belova (Novikova) - foilist, 1968 individual Olympic Champion, 1969 individual World Champion, member of winning Soviet team at 1968, 1972, and 1976 Olympics and 1970, 1971, and 1974 World Championships
  • Alexandr Romankov - foilist, regarded by some as the greatest foilist of the 20th century
  • Viktor Sidjak - Olympic (1972) and World (1969) Champion, winner of the 1972 & 1973 World Cup, also member of winning team at 1968, 1976, and 1980 Olympics and at 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, and 1979 World Team Championships; pupil of David Tyshler
Belgium
  • Henri Anspach, Belgian fencer (épée and foil), Olympic champion
  • Paul Anspach, Belgian fencer (épée and foil), 2-time Olympic champion
China
Denmark
  • Dr. Ivan Osier -- represented Denmark in 7 Olympic Games between 1908 & 1948. Participated in more Olympiads than any other athlete. Won only Olympic medal in 1912, a silver in Individual Épée. Won a total of 25 Danish National Championships in all 3 fencing weapons — foil, épée, and sabre. Was also Scandinavian Foil titleholder in 1920, 1921, 1923, 1927, 1929, and 1931; Épée Champion in 1920; and Sabre Champi­on in 1921, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1931, and 1933.
Estonia
  • Svetlana Chirkova-Lozovaja - The most successful Estonian fencer of the Soviet era. Olympic gold medal for Women's Foil team event at 1968 Summer Olympics, World champion in Women's Foil team event at 1971, silver 1969, individual World Championships bronze medal 1969.
  • Kaido Kaaberma - Estonian épéeist, bronze (1990) & gold (1991) at World Championships team event (as a part of Soviet Union team). Individual World Championships bronze (1999). Team World Championships silver (2001).
  • Irina Embrich - Estonian épéeist, silver (2002) at World Championships women's team event, bronze (2003) at European Championships women's team event, silver (2006) at World Championships women's individual event, bronze (2007) at World Championships and European Championships women's individual event.
  • Sven Järve - Estonian épéeist, bronze in Individual Mens Épée (2006).
  • Nikolai Novosjolov - Estonian épéeist, World Champion in Individual Mens Épée (2010).Team World Championships silver (2001).
France
  • Lucien Gaudin - twice World Champion (1905 & 1918), won four Gold and three Silver Olympic medals covering all three weapons
  • Laura Flessel-Colovic - French epeeist who, with two gold, a silver and two bronze medals, is current most successful female French sportswoman at the Winter or Summer Olympics.
  • Christian d'Oriola - French Olympic and World Champion, named "Fencer of the 20th Century" by the FIE, International Fencing Federation, in 2001. Between 1947 & 1956 won four World Championships & six Olympic Medals, including two individual Gold (foil), one individual silver (foil), two team Gold (foil), and one team Silver (foil). In addition to four time Individual World Champion, four time team World Champion. Renowned for elegant style.
  • Jean Stern, French fencer (épée), Olympic champion
Germany
  • Helene Mayer - German-Jewish foilist, won Gold at 1928 Summer Olympics & the 1929 World Championship, left for US in 1931, returned to represent Germany in 1936 Summer Olympics and won Silver, went back to US and was granted US citizenship, returned to Germany in 1952 and died of cancer in 1953, won US Championships 8 times
Great Britain
  • Pierre Harper 1978, 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth foil gold medallist and six time British Mens Foil Champion, 3 times Olympian.
  • Bill Hoskyns- 1958 World Épée Champion, Olympic Team Silver Medallist in 1960 and Individual Silver Medallist in 1964. Fenced in the Olympics a record six times (1956–1976), twice at all three weapons. 8 times British Champion, won 4 Commonwealth Gold medals and 1 silver at different weapons on separate occasions. The last British fencer to win an Olympic medal.
  • Richard Cohen - 5-time British sabre Champion, best known today as the author of "By the Sword", highly acclaimed book on the history of fencing
  • Allan Jay - Épée & foil fencer; 4-time national champion
  • Barry Paul - Foilist, 5-time British national Champion, 3-time Olympian and Managing Director of the only manufacturer of fencing equipment in the UK,
  • Alex O'Connell Sabreur, Cadet Champion in 2005, ranked as Junior World number 1 for a while in 2007, only Brit to qualify for 2008 Beijing Olympics via zonal qualification in Europe
  • Kira Roberts, 2009 Commonwealth Junior Fencing Championships Women's Sabre Champion, 2009 Top Ranked Junior Fencer National U-17
  • Bob Anderson represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games in 1952 and the World Championships in 1950 and 1953 in the sabre event. He finished tied for fifth in the team sabre event at Helsinki in 1952, then went on to a career as sword master and fight director for movies including the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the original Star Wars trilogy, and Princess Bride. He was coach of Britain's national fencing team for over 20 years, then was technical director of the Canadian Fencing Association.
Hungary
  • Ilona Elek, Hungarian fencer (foil), two-time Olympic champion
  • Jenö Fuchs, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  • Oskar Gerde, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  • Aladár Gerevich - Hungarian sabreur; only athlete to win the same Olympic event six times.
  • Pál Gerevich - Hungarian sabreur; son of Aladár Gerevich; 1-time Individual Saber World champion (1977), 4-time Team Saber World champion (1973, 1978, 1981, 1982); "Hungarian Sportsman of the Year" (1977)
  • Pál Kovács, Hungarian fencer (saber), six-time Olympic champion
  • Sándor Gombos, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  • Arpad Horvath, Hungarian fencer (épée) Won Hungarian Nationals in every single age group.Junior World Champion. Won multiple World cup events. USA NCAA Champion
  • Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  • György Piller. Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion and coach, fencing master
  • Istvan Szelei, Hungarian fencer (Foil), 1980 & 1988 Olympic Squads.
  • László Szabó - Hungarian master; defined a system for developing coaches and wrote "Fencing and the Master"; the only direct student of the legendary Italo Santelli to write of what he learned. Teacher of Olympic & World champions.
  • Zsolt Vadaszffy - Hungarian Foil Champion and British Professional Épée Champion. Senior Coach to British Under-20 team for 8 years.
  • Imre Vass - authored widely read guide to épée fencing
  • Francis Zold (1904–2003) - Hungarian fencing master and legendary promoter & teacher of fencing in post-war US; student of Italo Santelli; served as captain of Hungarian fencing team at London Olympics in 1948. Emigrated to United States following Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956, and worked as fencing coach at a number of colleges and universities, including the University of Southern California and Pomona College in Claremont, CA. Died in 2004 at the age of 99.
  • Bence Szabó, Hungarian fencer (sabre), two-time Olympic champion
  • Tímea Nagy, Hungarian fencer (épée), two-time Olympic champion
Israel
Italy
  • Edoardo Mangiarotti; has won the most Olympic titles and World championships than any other fencer in the history of the sport; a member of the Mangiarotti fencing clan.
  • Aldo Nadi - won gold & silver medals at 1920 Olympics, during the Mussolini years emigrated to US, where he penned the influential "On Fencing" and his autobiographical notes entitled "The Living Sword," son of Beppe Nadi and brother of Nedo Nadi
  • Italo Santelli - fencing master who revolutionized sabre fencing and developed the modern Hungarian style in the 1920s.
  • Mauro Numa - Individual and Team Foil Olympic Champion 1984 Summer Olympics, Individual and Team Foil World Champion 1985, Team Foil World Champion 1986
Poland
  • Jerzy Pawłowski - a fencer and spy, won 5 olympic medals, 19-time world championship medalist (7 gold), in 1967 The International Fencing Federation called him the best fencer in the history of mankind
  • Witold Woyda - won 4 olympic medals (2 gold) and 10 world championship medals
  • Egon Franke - first gold olympic medalist for Poland in fencing, won 3 olympic medals and 7 world championship medals, coach of the Italian national team in foil
  • Wojciech Zabłocki - architect and fencer, participated in four Olympic Games (3 medals), he participated in world championships in fencing and won 4 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze medals
  • Sylwia Gruchała - women's foil fencer, silver medalist at 2000 Olympic games in team event, bronze medalist at 2004 Olympic games in individual event, individual silver medalist at 2003 World Championship, many-time World Champion in team event.
Portugal
  • Miguel Gomes - Portuguese fencing master & fencer (épée), national champion.
Russia
  • Sergey Sharikov - Jewish Russian sabreur, member of winning Russian teams at 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics
  • Pavel Kolobkov - épéeist, Olympic Champion 2000, 5-time World Champion (1991, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2005), twice Junior World Champion (1987, 1988), winner of 1999 World Cup
  • Viktor Krovopouskov - sabreur, 4-time Olympic Gold medalist (1976 & 1980 individual, and team), twice individual World Champion (1978, 1982), twice winner of World Cup (1976, 1979)
  • Maria Mazina, Jewish Russian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
  • Mark Midler - foilist, Jewish Russian member of first generation of internationally successful Soviet fencers, took Gold at 1956 & 1960 Olympics as a part of Soviet team, won four consecutive World Championships (1959–62).
  • Vladimir Nazlymov - sabreur/coach, won individual World Championship in 1975 & 1979 and the World Cup in 1975 & 1977, took team Gold at 1968, 1976, and 1980 Olympics, and at 1967, 1969–71, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979 World Championships, twice named world's best sabre fencer by the FIE, currently head fencing coach of The Ohio State University fencing team.
  • Boris Onishchenko - modern pentathlete, individual silver medallist and team gold medallist in 1972, disqualified in 1976 for using a rigged weapon
  • Stanislav Pozdnyakov - sabreur, Olympic (1996) & World (1997, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007) Champion, 7-time winner of the World Cup (1994–96, 1999–2002), member of winning Russian sabre team at 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics, and at 1994, 2001, 2002, and 2003 World Championships
  • Yakov Rylsky - Jewish Russian sabreur, twice Olympic (1964, 1968) and 3-time World (1958, 1961, 1963) Champion, represented USSR over a period of 14 years (1953–66)
  • Sergey Sharikov - Jewish Russian sabreur, twice Olympic Champion (1996, 2000)
  • Vladimir Smirnov - foilist, won individual Gold at 1980 Summer Olympics, won world championships in 1981, died at 1982 World Championships in Rome, when a broken blade went through his mask causing a fatal brain injury (through the left eye orbit—not the eye itself); his death prompted an extensive review of safety standards in fencing. Most notably it led to stronger masks (the mesh must withstand a 12 kg probe on a regular mask, 25 kg on an FIE mask. Smirnov's mask at the time of his injury was less than half as strong as the non-FIE masks of today when he obtained it. By the time of his injury, it had likely deteriorated from use and was even weaker) 800 Newton resistant fabric in the jacket, underarm protector, and knickers (1600 N in the mask bib) maraging steel blades in foil and épée (which, contrary to fencing urban myth, are not designed to "break flat." They simply break less frequently than carbon steel blades) and various rules re-clothing overlap and placement of zippers and seams. All of these changes were designed to minimize the chance of a blade getting through the protective clothing. Tragic though his death was, it ultimately resulted in making the sport statistically safer than golf.
  • David Tyshler - Jewish Russian sabreur, member of the first generation of internationally successful Soviet fencers, won medals at 1956 Olympics and 5 World Championships, best known for his achievements as a coach, one of the founding fathers of the Soviet school of fencing, pupils include Mark Rakita, Viktor Sidjak, and Victor Krovopouskov
  • Eduard Vinokurov - Jewish Russian sabreur, twice Olympic Champion (1968, 1976)
  • Iosif Vitebskiy - Jewish Russian épée fencer, 19-time national championship medalist
South Korea
  • Young Ho Kim - Olympic foil Champion 2000. Additionally, was down 11-3 to Sergei Golubitsky in the third and final period of the men's foil gold medal bout at 1997 World Championships. Since the necessary score to reach to win was 15 touches, most people would consider Kim to be fencing for pride at this point. Instead, he rallied and scored 8 touches in a row on Golubitsky—seven of them being one-light hits—to tie it up at 11 all. They then traded touches until Golubitsky won his first of three world titles 15-14.
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
  • Cem Salur, Turkish fencer (foil, épée) and Turkish Fencing Association champion
Ukraine
  • Sergei Golubitsky - World foil Champion 1997, 1998, 1999; Winner of 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1999 World Cup, Olympic Silver Medalist 1992.
United States of America
  • Adelaide (Adeline) Gehrig (born 1887) was the only woman in US foil history to win four consecutive titles. Representing the New York Turnverein, Gehrig was AFLA Women's Foil Champion four years in a row (1920 to 1923), a feat unmatched by any other US woman. In 1924, she represented the US in Paris, in the first Olympic Games in which women competed.
  • Muriel Bower accredited first woman fencing master in the United States. Women's foil coach to the American team at the 1964 Olympic Games fencing events in Tokyo, managed the American women's fencing team at the World University Games, Russia, 1973, and served in protocol to fencing at the L.A. Olympic Games, 1984. She has subsequently served as West Coast Vice-President of the USFA Coaches Association for two terms, and also as President of Western Regional Intercollegiate Fencing Championships, USFA.
  • Maitre Michel Alaux (1924–1974), French-American fencing master & author who bridged Classical and Modern Olympic fencing; in France, trained legendary French foilist Christian d'Oriola; invited to US & served 3 times as US Olympic coach (1964, 1968, 1972); coached several US Nationals; played key role in developing official standards for US fencing; developed professional requirements for US fencing masters & fencing master’s diploma; wrote about fencing; promoted fencing in commercial media; awarded Bronze (1949) & Gold (1952) Medal of Honor by French Govt.; inducted into Ordre des Palmes Academiques (1962); US Fencing Hall of Fame (2006).
  • Abraham Balk, only man to win both foil & epeé NCAA championships (1947)
  • Daniel Bukantz, Jewish American Olympian, U.S. Foil Fencer, Member of Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
  • Delmar Calvert, personal coach for 17 national champions, former coach of Los Angeles Athletic Club
  • Csaba Elthes, legendary coach to 6 U.S. Olympic teams, immigrated from Hungary
  • Nick Evangelista, specializes in early 20th Century fencing, calling it 'classical' to distinguish it from current sport fencing.
  • Justin Evangelista, Maestro of 18th century and 21st century fencing, calling it 'Traditional' to distinguish it from current sport fencing.
  • Ed Korfanty, U.S. National women's sabre team coach. Formerly Polish national coach. Coach to 7 x Jr. World Sabre Champion Olympic Gold medallist & 2006 NCAA Champion Mariel Zagunis, 2004 Cadet Sabre champion, Caitlin Thomas, 2006 Cadet & Jr. World Champion Rebecca Ward, 2000 and 2005 U.S. World Champion sabre team. 2002, 2003, and 2006 World Veterans Champion in Men's sabre.
  • Michael Marx 5-time Olympian, Épée & Foil Coach, National Champion
  • Lisa Piazza, member, 1985 U.S. World Championship team; first alternate, U.S. team, 1988 Olympics.[1]
  • Janice Romary, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 Olympian U.S. Foil Fencer.
  • Jason Rogers, member of the silver medal winning U.S. men's sabre team at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Molly Sliney
  • Giorgio Santelli, legendary coach to 5 U.S. Olympic teams (1928–52), Olympic Gold Medalist (1920 Men's Sabre Team), son of Italo Santelli (known as the "father of modern saber fencing" and an Olympic silver medal winner), fought duel after his father was insulted by Italian team Captain.
  • Maitre Michel Sebastiani coached fencing at Princeton University from 1982–2006, and before that coached fencing at Brooklyn College, New York University (NYU), and Cornell. Coached his teams to 11 national championships. In 1994 and again in 2006 was named the most outstanding Coach of the Year by U.S. Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA). Developed 5 NCAA individual men's champions and 3 NCAA individual women's champions. Was a 1960 French Modern Pentathlon Olympic Team selection.
  • Keeth Smart, first American to be ranked # 1 in the world, member of the silver medal winning U.S. men's sabre team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, member of 2004 gold medal US Men's Sabre team at World Cup
  • Jed Dupree, 2001 NCAA Men's Foil Champion, 2002 US National Champion, 2003 Pan American Gold Medal, 2004 Olympian in Athens
  • Rebecca Ward, bronze medalist in the 2008 Summer Olympics in women's sabre, 2005 FIE Jr. World Champion at age 15. Member of the bronze medal winning U.S. women's sabre team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Part of U.S. Sr. Women's Sabre team that took 2005 World Championship title (other members were Sada Jacobson, Caitlin Thompson, and Mariel Zagunis. 2006 Cadet World Champion, 2006 Jr. World Champion, 2006 Jr. World Champion Team member, 2nd fencer in history to win 3 world titles in one season (Teammate Zagunis was the first).
  • Peter Westbrook, bronze medallist in the 1984 Summer Olympics, 13-time US National Men's Sabre Champion, author of Harnessing Anger, founder of the Peter Westbrook Foundation, teaching and helping youth through sport.
  • Julia Jones Pugliese first U.S. women's intercollegiate fencing champion (1929), founded the Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association (with Dorothy Hafner and Elizabeth Ross), first woman coach of an international US fencing team, coached NYU women's team 1932-38, and Hunter team from 1956–92

[edit] Fencing masters of the pre-Olympic era

[edit] Famous duelists and fencing enthusiasts

[edit] References

  1. ^ Barnard College Newscenter
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