The Manhattan Fencing Center in

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, New York City, was founded in 2007 by Olympic coach

Yury Gelman Yury Gelman (born October 13, 1955) is a Ukrainian-born American fencing coach. He is seven-time Olympic Games, Olympic fencing coach for the United States, who has coached Team USA in the 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, 201 ...

Fencing Foundation of America

Manhattan Fencing Center is the home of the Fencing Foundation of America.

Notable fencers

Monica Aksamit Monica Aksamit (born February 18, 1990) is an American former Olympic saber fencer. She represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics, earning a bronze medal in the Women's Saber Team competition. She won a gold medal with Team US ...

(born 1990), saber fencer; won a

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at the

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in the Women's Saber Team competition. *

Daryl Homer Daryl D. Homer (born July 16, 1990) is an American right-handed saber fencer, three-time Olympian, and 2016 individual Olympic silver medalist. Homer competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the ...

(born 1990), saber fencer; competed in the

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and the 2016 Summer Olympics; won the

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in individual saber at the 2016 Olympics, was a silver medalist at the

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, and is a five-time

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ist at the

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. * Timothy Morehouse (born 1978), saber fencer who won a silver medal competing in the men's saber as a member of the United States fencing team at the

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. *

Dagmara Wozniak Dagmara "Daga" Wozniak (; born July 1, 1988) is an American saber fencer. Wozniak was named to the U.S. Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in women's saber competition as a substitute, and as a competitor at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olymp ...

(born 1988), saber fencer; named to the U.S. Olympic team at the

in women's saber competition as a substitute, and as a competitor at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, in which she won a bronze medal.

References

External links

Manhattan Fencing Center homepage
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Fencing Foundation of America

Notable fencers

See also

References

External links