Otto Herschmann, sabreur; 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, fencer (foil), Olympic champion, 3× world champion, 17× Austrian champion
Viktor Sidjak, Olympic (1972) and World (1969) Champion, winner of the 1972 and 1973 World Cup, also member of the winning team at 1968, 1976, and 1980 Olympics and at 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, and 1979 World Team Championships; pupil of David Tyshler
Ellen Osiier, Denmark foil fencer, Olympic champion
Dr. Ivan Osiier, represented Denmark in seven Olympic Games between 1908 and 1948. Won the silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics, 25× Danish champion.[1]
Julia Beljajeva, épéeist, World Champion in Individual Women's Épée (2013). European Champion in Team Women's Épée (2013).
Svetlana Chirkova-Lozovaja, 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.
Irina Embrich, 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. European Champion in Team Women's Épée (2013).
Sven Järve, épéeist, bronze in Individual Men's Épée (2006).
Kaido Kaaberma, épéeist, bronze (1990) and gold (1991) at World Championships team event (as a part of the Soviet team). Individual World Championships bronze (1999). Team World Championships silver (2001).
Nikolai Novosjolov, épéeist, 2x World Champion in Individual Men's Épée (2010, 2013). Team World Championships silver (2001). European Championships silver (2012).
Armand Mouyal, fencer (épée), Olympic bronze, world champion, national champion
Claude Netter, fencer (foil), Olympic champion, silver
Christian d'Oriola, Olympic and world campion, named "Fencer of the 20th Century" by the FIE, International Fencing Federation, in 2001. Between 1947 and 1956 won four World Championships and six Olympic Medals, including two individual gold (foil), one individual silver (foil), two team gold (foil), and one team silver (foil). In addition to 4x Individual World Champion, 4x team world champion.
Helene Mayer, German-Jewish foilist, won gold at 1928 Summer Olympics and 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 the US Championships eight times.
Connie Adam, fencer, took up fencing aged 60 and went on to win 140 medals.
Bob Anderson, sabre fencer, represented Great Britain at the Olympics and World Championships. Went on to a career as sword master and fight director for movies, including the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Star Wars trilogy, and The Princess Bride. Coached Britain's national fencing team for 20 years.
Robert Bruniges, World Junior Foil Champion 1976, 3x Olympian
Richard Cohen, 5x British sabre champion, author of By the Sword, on the history of fencing
Bill Hoskyns, 1958 World Épée Champion, 1960 Olympic Team silver medalist and 1964 Individual silver medalist. Fenced in the Olympics a record six times (1956–1976), twice at all three weapons. Eight times British champion, won four Commonwealth gold medals and one silver at different weapons.
Allan Jay, Épée and foil fencer; Olympic 2× silver, world champion, 4x national champion
Ralph Johnson, Epeeist, 4x Olympian, Commonwealth Games Épée Team Champion 1970, 6x British Épée champion,. Also British Under-20 Foil Champion 1967 and British Junior Foil Champion 1971
Richard Kruse, Foil, reached quarter-finals at the 2004 Summer Olympics, won silver in Men's Foil at 2006 European Championships. First British fencer to achieve the world's top ranking.
Aladár Gerevich, sabreur; only athlete to win the same Olympic event six times.
Pál Gerevich, sabreur; son of Aladár Gerevich; Individual Sabre World champion (1977), 4x Team Sabre World champion (1973, 1978, 1981, 1982); "Hungarian Sportsman of the Year" (1977)
László Szabó, 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 and World champions.
Lydia Hatuel-Czuckermann, Israeli fencer (foil), 16x Israeli national champion – Guinness Record, took part at three Olympic Games – Los Angeles 1984, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996.
Noam Mills, Israel (épée), female junior world champion
Ayelet Ohayon, Israeli fencer (foil), European champion
Andre Spitzer (1945–September 6, 1972), Jewish Israeli fencing master and coach of Israel's 1972 Summer Olympics team. One of 11 athletes and coaches taken hostage and subsequently murdered by Palestinian terrorists in the Munich massacre.
Edoardo Mangiarotti, won more 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 and 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"; brother of Nedo Nadi.
Nedo Nadi, won six Olympic gold medals: three foil, two sabre, and one épée; brother of Aldo Nadi.
Giuseppe Radaelli, Milanese fencing master. Often regarded as "the father of modern sabre fencing"
Giorgio Santelli, born in Hungary, son of Italo Santelli, won gold at 1920 Olympics as part of the Italian sabre team; emigrated to US in 1924, coached five U.S. Olympic teams, legendary fencing teacher and popularizer, founder of Santelli salle in New York City.
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.
Valentina Vezzali, won six Olympic gold medals and 15 World Championships gold medals in foil. One of only four athletes in the history of the Summer Olympic Games to have won five medals in the same individual event.
Ana Maria Brânză, team world champion in 2010, 4x European team champion
Mihai Covaliu, Olympic champion, coach of Romanian fencing team
Rareș Dumitrescu, sabreur, won silver medal at 2012 Olympics in the team contest, world champion with the team in 2009, European champion with the team in 2006.
Tiberiu Dolniceanu, sabreur, won silver medal at 2012 Olympics in the team contest, world champion with the team in 2009, European champion with the team in 2006.
Simona Gherman, world team champion in 2010, 4x European team champion
Anca Măroiu, world champion in 2010 with the team, 4x European team champion
Florin Zalomir, sabreur, won silver medal at 2012 Olympics in the team contest, world champion with the team in 2009, European team champion in 2006.
Sergey Bida (born 1993), Olympic silver, ranked #1 in the world
Yelena Grishina (born 1968), Olympic fencer, 2x world team silver
Pavel Kolobkov, épéeist, Olympic Champion 2000, 5x world champion (1991, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2005), twice Junior World Champion (1987, 1988), winner of 1999 World Cup
Viktor Krovopouskov, sabreur, 4x Olympic gold medalist (1976 and 1980 individual, and team), twice individual World Champion (1978, 1982), twice won the World Cup (1976, 1979)
Maria Mazina, Jewish Russian fencer (épée), Olympic champion, bronze
Mark Midler, foilist, Jewish Russian member of first generation of internationally successful Soviet fencers, took gold at 1956 and 1960 Olympics as a part of Soviet team, won four consecutive World Championships (1959–1962).
Vladimir Nazlymov, sabreur/coach, two-time individual World Champion, team gold at three Olympics and at 8 World Championships, twice named the world's best sabre fencer by the FIE, former head coach of the Ohio State University fencing team who retired in lieu of termination during an NCAA investigation
Boris Onishchenko, modern pentathlete, individual silver medalist and team gold medalist in 1972, disqualified in 1976 for using a rigged weapon
Stanislav Pozdnyakov, sabreur, Olympic and 5x world champion, 7x winner of World Cup, 4x member of winning Olympic sabre team, and 4x at world championships
Mark Rakita, Jewish Russian sabreur, 2x Olympic Champion (1964, 1968), 2x silver, World Champion in 1967, David Tyshler's pupil and coach in his own right (pupils include Viktor Sidjak)
Yakov Rylsky, Jewish Russian sabreur, 2x Olympic (1964, 1968) and 3x World (1958, 1961, 1963) Champion, represented USSR over a period of 14 years (1953–1966)
Viktor Sidjak, Soviet sabreur, 4x Olympic gold medalist
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. 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 five 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 and Viktor Sidjak
Caitlin Bilodeaux, 4x USFA Women's Foil Champ; tied for third on the women's championship list. Pan American Individual and Team champion, 1987, 2x NCAA women's foil champion. 2x U-20 National Champion.[2]
Eli Dershwitz, saber, world championship silver medal, US champion, world champion, junior world champion, 4x Pan-American champion, NCAA champion
Jed Dupree, 2004 Olympian, 2002 U.S. National champion, 2003 Pan American gold medal, 2001 NCAA Men's Foil champion,
Csaba Elthes, legendary coach to 6 U.S. Olympic teams, immigrated from Hungary
Race Imboden, 2012 Olympian, 2x U.S. National Men's Foil Champion, 2x Pan Am Champion, Men's Foil World Cup gold medalist
Nick Itkin, foil, Olympic bronze medal, world championship bronze medal, 2x NCAA champion, Pan American champion,
Emily Jacobson, NCAA sabre champion, junior world champion
Sada Jacobson, Jewish American saber silver medalist in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2x bronze medalist; first American female to be ranked # 1 in the world, and the second American ever to be ranked # 1 in the world, 2× world team champion.
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 U.S. fencing team, coached NYU women's team 1932–1938, and Hunter team 1956–1992
Giorgio Santelli, legendary coach to 5 U.S. Olympic teams (1928–1952), Olympic gold medalist (1920 Men's Sabre Team), son of Italo Santelli (known as the "father of modern sabre fencing" and an Olympic silver medal winner), fought duel after his father was insulted by Italian team Captain.
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 U.S. Men's Sabre team at World Cup
Soren Thompson, U.S. (épée), World Team Champion, US Junior Champion, US champion, NCAA champion
Rebecca Ward, bronze medalist in the 2008 Summer Olympics in women's sabre, 2005 FIE Jr. World Champion at age 15. Bronze medal in sabre team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Gold in Women's Sabre team sy 2005 World Championship. 2006 Cadet World Champion, 2006 Jr. World Champion, 2006 Jr. World Champion Team member.
Peter Westbrook, bronze medalist in the 1984 Summer Olympics, 13x U.S. National Men's Sabre Champion, author of Harnessing Anger, founder of the Peter Westbrook Foundation, teaching and helping youth through sport.
George Worth (born György Woittitz), U.S. (saber), Olympic bronze, U.S. champion, 3x Pan American champion
Mariel Leigh Zagunis, 2x Olympic gold medalist in women's sabre (in the 2008 Summer Olympics and in the first-ever women's sabre event at the 2004 Summer Olympics); first American woman to win gold; first American to win gold since 1904. Member of the bronze medal winning U.S. women's sabre team at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Venezuela
Rubén Limardo, Men's Individual Épée Olympic Champion 2012, 2013 Budapest World Championship silver medalist.
George S. Patton, General and U.S. Army Master of the Sword. Designer of the Model 1913 Cavalry Saber. 1912 Stockholm Olympics in the first modern pentathlon competition (Ranked 1st in fencing – 8th overall).
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