452 participants from 30 nations have participated for the Cadets competition: 239 fencers in Men’s Epee and 213 in women’s event. Olympia’s Junior fencer, Robert Hondor, takes 15th place among 239 fencers, in the men’s competition! Robert was one of the six Americans in top 16, from a group of 20 qualified. In the women’s event, Olympia’s Emily Vermeule takes 20st place. She had... Read More
October NAC has revealed to be one of the highest level competitions, where Olympians, world cups and Pan Am medalists, top world ranking fencers, faced each other. It was a tough competition but a great fencing experience for everyone! Our club brought to competition as many as twelve nationally ranked fencers, boys and girls, epee and foil, and we’re happy to applaud... Read More
Great performance by our young fencers at the January NAC, in St. Louis! Our young Emily Vermeule does it again, taking the 10th place in Junior Women's Epee event, at only 14 years old! Names like Kasia Nixon, Amanda Sirico, Tatijana Stewart, have topped the winners list, as usual and, here we have it - Emily, number 10 - great fencing, Emily,... Read More
Whittemore Center - Durham, New Hampshire Seventy of the best épéeists from fencing centers around the country have been registered for four Men's and Women's events, held on the first weekend of the new year 2015. Olympia's fencers returned home with seven well deserved medals among which one Gold, two Bronze, seven épéeists in top 8 and another four... Read More
Best fencers in the New England Division have participated this weekend to the Qualifiers for the 2015 Junior Olympic Championships (Richmond, VA, Feb. 3-5), held at Boston Fencing Club. Olympia Fencing Center epeeists have dominated the competition, with ten fencers in top 16 and bringing home eight medals: two Gold, two Silver, one Bronze, a 5th and two 6th places! Joshua Wolkoff... Read More
We're back from another exciting fencing adventure, 2014 Louisville National American Cup, Juniors, Cadets, Y14. As the sport of fencing is continuously growing, over 500 fencers have been registered for Men's Epee and 350 in the women's competition. Olympia Fencing Center has brought along to the prestigious event 13 eligible epeeists, seven girls and six boys. Y14 Men's Epee - Xavier Ghazaleh has... Read More
"Steve Sobel is a former President of the USFA (1972-1976 and 1992-1996), League Counsel, and past Vice President of the US 3 Committee. He began his fencing achievements as the 1954 NCAA Saber champion for Columbia University. He served as Chief of Mission for the US Pan American Game’s team and USOC Delegate to the Pan American Sports Organization. Steve... Read More
