Fencing

:This article is about the sport. For the structures for dividing property, and the process of erecting them, see fence; or, for other meanings, see fence (disambiguation).

Notable modern fencers and fencing masters

• Aldo Nadi, gold and silver medallist in the 1920 Summer Olympic Games, well-known fencing master, and author of the classic texts, On Fencing and "The Living Sword".
• Nedo Nadi, Aldo's brother and winner of 6 Olympic Gold medals
• Italo Santelli, the fencing master who revolutionized sabre fencing with the "Hungarian" style in the 1920s.
• Aladar Gerevich - Hungarian sabreur who is the only athlete to win the same Olympic event six times.
• Giorgio Santelli, Italo's son, founder of the Santelli salle in New York City, coach to 5 U.S. Olympic teams, legendary fencing teacher, Olympic gold medallist.
• Laszlo Szabo, the Hungarian master who defined a system for developing coaches and wrote the defining 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.
• Imre Vass, who authored the definitive guide to épée fencing
• David Tyshler - a member of the first generation of internationally successful Soviet fencers, best known for his achievements as a coach, one of the great theorists of the Soviet school of fencing
• Mark Rakita - a Soviet sabreur, Olympic Gold medalist, David Tyshler's pupil and a highly successful coach in his own right (pupils include Victor Krovopouskov and Victor Sidjak)
• Vladimir Nazlymov - Soviet sabre fencer/coach, 10-time world champion, three-time Olympic Team Gold medallist (1968, 1976, 1980). Twice named the world's best sabre fencer by the International Fencing Federation. Currently, head fencing coach of The Ohio State University fencing team.
• Viktor Krovopouskov - a Soviet sabreur, four-time Olympic Gold medalist
• Viktor Sidjak - a Soviet sabreur, four-time Olympic Gold medalist
• Bela Valter, Hungarian master and Olympic coach
• Pavel Kolobkov, Russian World Champion and Olympic Champion
• Sergei Golubitsky, World foil champion three consecutive times
• Alexander Romankov
• Francis Zold (1904-2003), Hungarian fencing master and a legendary promoter and teacher of fencing in the post-war US; a student of Italo Santelli, he served as captain of the Hungarian fencing team at the London Olympics in 1948. He emigrated to the United States following the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956 and worked as a fencing coach at a number of colleges and universities, including the University of Southern California and Pomona College in Claremont, CA. He died in 2003 at the age of 99.
• Edoardo Mangiarotti of Italy has won more Olympic titles and World championships than any other fencer in the history of the sport.
• Boris Onischenko, Russian modern pentathlete, individual silver medallist and team gold medallist in 1972, disqualified in 1976 for using a rigged weapon.