Fencers and coaches of the Olympic era
Austria
Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy), sabreur, Olympic silver Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch, sabreur and Olympic bronze medalist 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
Belarus
Alexandr Romankov, foil fencer 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 Aliaksandr Buikevich, sabre fencer
Belgium
Henri Anspach, fencer (épée and foil), Olympic champion Paul Anspach, fencer (épée and foil), 2x Olympic champion Jacques Ochs, fencer (épée), Olympic champion Gaston Salmon, fencer (épée), Olympic champion
Brazil
Renzo Agresta, Brazilian fencer in individual sabre events at 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics Roberto Lazzarini, Brazilian fencer at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics Élora Pattaro, Brazilian fencer in women's individual sabre event at 2004 Olympics Fernando Scavasin, Brazilian fencer in the foil events at the 2016 Olympics
Bulgaria
Vasil Etropolski (born 1959), sabre, world champion and Olympic fencer
China
Jin Jing, wheelchair fencer who became a national celebrity following an incident during the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay Wang Lei, Olympic Men's Individual Épée silver Medal 2004 Ju-Jie Luan, fencer and coach, gold medalist for Women's Foil at 1984 Summer Olympics Zhong Man, 2008 Olympic Men's Individual Sabre Champion Sun Yiwen, Olympic women's epee champion
Denmark
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.
Estonia
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).
Finland
Marianne Sjöblom, competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Nils Sjöblom, competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.
France
Romain Cannone, fencer (epee), Olympic champion Marc Cerboni, fencer (foil), won bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics . Yves Dreyfus, fencer (épée), national champion and 2x Olympic bronze medalist Lucien Gaudin, twice World Champion (1905 and 1918), won four gold and three silver Olympic medals covering all three weapons Laura Flessel-Colovic, épéeist with two gold, a silver and two bronze medals Alexandre Lippmann, fencer (épée), Olympic champion, 2× silver, bronze 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. Jean Stern, fencer (épée), Olympic champion
Georgia Sandro Bazadze, sabre, world championship bronze, 2x European champion
Germany
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.
Great Britain
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 Mary Glen Haig, 4x Olympian; IOC member 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. Fiona McIntosh, 4x British foil champion, winner of the 1990 Commonwealth Fencing Championships and 12 Commonwealth medals, 4x Olympian and finalist in Barcelona 1992 Barry Paul, Foil, 3x Olympian, 5x British national champion, Managing Director of the only manufacturer of fencing equipment in the UK Raymond Paul, 2x Commonwealth Games gold medalist René Paul, competed at four Olympics and won 10 Commonwealth Games medals Edgar Seligman, won British championship twice in each weapon, twice won Olympic silver (épée) James Williams, sabreur, reached L16 at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Hungary
Péter Bakonyi (born (Buchwald)), Hungarian sabre fencer, 3x Olympic bronze, one World Championship gold medal László Borsody, fencing master Ilona Elek-Schacherer, Hungarian fencer (foil), 2x Olympic champion Sándor Erdös, fencer (épée), Olympic champion Dezső Földes, fencer (sabre), 2x Olympic champion Jenő Fuchs, fencer (sabre), 4x Olympic champion Tamás Gábor, fencer (épée), Olympic champion János Garay, fencer (sabre), Olympic champion Oskar Gerde, fencer (sabre), 2x Olympic champion 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) Sándor Gombos, fencer (sabre), Olympic champion Endre Kabos, fencer (sabre), 3x Olympic champion, bronze Rudolf Kárpáti, 6x Olympic and 7x world sabre champion Pál Kovács, fencer (sabre), 6x Olympic champion Daniel Magay, fencer (sabre), Olympic champion Ferenc Marki, fencing master Tímea Nagy, fencer (épée), twice Olympic champion Attila Petschauer, fencer (sabre), 2x Olympic champion György Piller, fencer, Olympic champion and coach, fencing master Zoltan Ozoray Schenker, fencer (sabre and foil), Olympic champion, silver, and bronze Bence Szabó, fencer (sabre), 2x Olympic champion 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. Emese Szász-Kovács fencer (epee), Olympic champion Istvan Szelei, fencer (foil), 1980 and 1988 Olympic Squads. Áron Szilágyi, fencer (sabre), 3x Olympic champion Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, fencer (foil), 2x Olympic champion Lajos Werkner, fencer (sabre), 2x Olympic champion
Hong Kong
Cheng Ka Long, fencer (foil), 2021 and 2024 Olympic champion Vivian Kong, fencer (epee), 2024 Olympic champion India
Bhavani Devi, fencer (sabre), 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Fencing Championship gold medalist. Karan Singh Gurjar, fencer (sabre) Taniksha Khatri, fencer (epee) Israel
Boaz Ellis, 5x Jewish Israeli national foil champion, and 3x NCAA champion Yuval Freilich (born 1995), European epee champion 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.
Italy
Luigi Barbasetti, fencing master and reformer
Daniele Garozzo, Olympic foil champion 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. Giulio Gaudini, won three Olympic gold, four silver and two bronze medals in three Summer Olympic Games (1928 Summer Olympics, 1932 Summer Olympics, 1936 Summer Olympics). Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Individual Foil Olympic Champion 1972 Summer Olympics. Fabio Dal Zotto, Individual Foil Olympic Champion 1976 Summer Olympics. 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.
Korea (Republic of Korea)
Kim Ji-yeon (Sabre), Individual women's Sabre Olympic Champion (2012 London Olympics) Kim Jun Ho (Sabre), 3x team Asian champion, 3x team world champion, and Team Sabre Olympic Champion (2020 Tokyo Olympics) Gu Bon-gil (Sabre), Team Sabre Olympic Champion (2012 London Olympics) Nam Hyun Hee (Foil), Individual Foil silver (2008 Beijing Olympics), Team Foil bronze (2012 London Olympics) Jeon Hee-sook (Foil), women's Team Foil bronze (2012 London Olympics) Choi Byung-chul (Foil), Individual Foil bronze (2012 London Olympics) Shin A Lam (Épée), Team Foil silver (2012 London Olympics)