Yury Gelman

Who is Yury Gelman?

Yury Gelman is the four-time Olympic Fencing Coach for the United States, National Men’s Sabre Coach, and Head Fencing Coach for 2001 NCAA Champion St. John’s University.

Yury Gelman is a founder of the Manhattan Fencing Center in New York City and over the past fifteen years, Yury has prepared 22 students for the United States National Teams.

The US National Team, under Yury’s leadership, won the 2001 Gdansk Junior World Championships, the 2004 team Grand Prize, 4th Place at 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, 5th place at the 2005 Leipzicg Senior World Championship, and most recently the Silver Medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

In the 2001 Junior World Championships, Yury’s students, Ivan Lee and Tim Hagamen, were the first to bring a gold medal to the United States.

Maestro Yury Gelman was inducted into U.S Fencing Hall Of Fame on July 10 at the 2010 Summer National Championships in Atlanta.