1. Calvert, Delmar
(USFA Hall of Fame/Hall of Famers-elect 2011)

1973 Jr. Olympics (the US 2nd J.O.) had a triple champion in U-14 Bradley Thomas coached by Delmar Calvert. 1973 Jr. Olympics (the US 2nd J.O.) had a triple champion in U-14 Bradley Thomas coached

2. Bayer, Cliff
(Hall of Fame Nominees/Era 3 (1976-present) The Modern Era)

... dropped jaws." Bayer won a second World Cup title earlier that year in Bonn, Germany, where the defending Olympic champion Alessandro Puccini of Italy was among his victims. Bayer competed in the 199...

3. Marsh, Ann
(USFA Hall of Fame/Hall of Famers-elect 2011)

...97, 1999, and 2000 (8 times). Ann made the Senior World Team in 1991, 93, 94, 95, 97, 99, 01, and the Olympic team in 92, 96, and 00.  I made the University Games team in 91, 93, 95, 97, and...

4. Gelman, Yury
(Roll of Honor/Era 3 - Modern Era)

Maestro Yury Gelman is the three-time Olympic Coach for the United States (Sydney, Athens and Beijing), National Men’s Sabre Coach, Head Fencing Coach for 2001 NCAA Champion St. John’s University and

5. Calhoun, Father Lawrence
(Roll of Honor/Era 3 - Modern Era)

Besides the founding of the Jr. Olympics and several recommended ideas that promoted Jr. or Sr fencers, the following items may equally define my candidacy. I coached fencing at College, High School

6. Normile, Jon
(Hall of Fame Nominees/Era 3 (1976-present) The Modern Era)

...g the  youngest ever to do so, Jon Normile has also added two more national titles (1991, 1997), an Olympic team (1992), 6 World Championship teams (1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1998, 1999), a Wor...

7. Borack, Carl
(Hall of Fame Nominees/Era 3 (1976-present) The Modern Era)

...was a two- time Pan Epee Gold Medal Winner (Epee Team ’67 & Foil Team “71) and was a U.S. Olympic Team member in 1972. He has been a significant voice and influence in our sport over...

8. Shurtz, Sewall "Skip"
(Hall of Fame Nominees/Era 2 (1936-1975) The Era of Inequality)

...s Foil title and the bronze medal in the Men’s Epee National championships.  Skip made the 1956 Olympic team in both foil and epee at the age of 23.   In the Olympic Men’s F...

9. Mamlouk, Michel
(Hall of Fame Nominees/Era 2 (1936-1975) The Era of Inequality)

...e Pan American Fencing Federation the Under 20 Pan Am Championships were initiated. Leading up to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles  Michel travelled extensively between Europe and the US , but al...

10. Lyon, Arthur
(USFA Hall of Fame/Hall of Famers-elect 2011)

...y fencer of his era who was a 2 - time U.S. Men’s Saber Champion (1917 & 1919), was a member of 3 U.S. Olympic Teams (1920*, 1924, 1928) and brought the American fencing scene world-wide attentio...

11. Nadi, Aldo
(Roll of Honor/Era 1 - The Standard Era)

... (1899-1965) is possibly the greatest fencer who ever lived. His elder brother Nedo may have harvested six Olympic gold medals (five in one Games, in 1920) from just two Olympics, but he too gained go...

12. Alessandroni, Hugh Vincent
(Roll of Honor/Era 1 - The Standard Era)

...e Hall of Fame coach, James Murray. After earning a degree in Chemical Engineering and qualifying for 2 US Olympic teams, he led a team of engineers who invented the 1st electrical epee scoring device...

13. Blum, Robert
(Roll of Honor/Era 2 - Era of Inequality)

... Championship individual saber finals (1958) (equaled later only by Peter Westbrook) , competed on two US Olympic Teams (1964 Tokyo and 1968 Mexico City), qualified for 3 US Pan American Games teams,...

14. Wolfe, Jeff
(Hall of Fame Nominees/Era 3 (1976-present) The Modern Era)

...e not only to hold a foil, to lunge, parry and riposte. Not only to become an International competitor and Olympic contender. He taught me how to work hard to be the very best I could be, to persevere...

15. 2008 Hall of Fame
(USFA Hall of Fame/Hall of Fame by Year)

...st coach to specialize in sabre in US Fencing history  Korfanty, Ed  * Trained the first US Olympic Gold medalist in 100 years McClellan, Cathy   * The first woman ever to c...

16. Dr. Daniel Bukantz, 90, a Champion Fencer, Dies
(USFA Hall of Fame/News and Information)

... GOLDSTEIN Published: July 31, 2008 Dr. Daniel Bukantz, who was a national champion and Olympic fencer, and a longtime Olympic fencing referee while pursuing a career in dentistry,...

17. Hattan, Ella (Jaguarina)
(Roll of Honor/Era 1 - The Standard Era)

...has been selected by some wealthy Californians as the sole representative of the sword for America in the Olympic games at Athens, Greece, this spring.” There may be no record of a woman fencing ...

18. Reith, Bill
(Hall of Fame Nominees/Era 3 (1976-present) The Modern Era)

...for the US Teams to World Championships, World University Games, World Junior Championships and the 1984 Olympic Games. Maestro William Reith is a Fencing Master, and has taught fencing in the...

19. Stull, Rob
(Hall of Fame Nominees/Era 3 (1976-present) The Modern Era)

... He also is a four-time national fencing champion. After his retirement, Rob served on the U.S. Olympic Committee and then the executive committee from 1996-2005. His current post with ...

20. Harutunian, Henry
(Roll of Honor/Era 2 - Era of Inequality)

...the coaching staff for the Soviet national team from 1962-1966. One of his pupils made the U.S.S.R. Olympic team in 1956 and went on to become the first Soviet to claim the individual epee titl...

21. Burdan, Arkady
(Roll of Honor/Era 3 - Modern Era)

Maestro Burdan, US Olympic Coach (Athens 2004), is one of the most highly qualified fencing coaches in the world. He has coached celebrated fencers for more than thirty years. Maestro Burdan, US Ol

22. Velarde, Jose
(Roll of Honor/Era 2 - Era of Inequality)

...ual, I went to Salle Santelli for my Friday evening lesson with Georgio Santelli, and to practice with the Olympic fencers at the club – George Worth, Tybor Nylias, and Al Kwartler.  When I...

23. Posthumus, Sherry
(Roll of Honor/Era 3 - Modern Era)

...; A vital, driving force in the fencing world Sherry represented the United States as the manager of three Olympic Teams.  She helped shape the growth and development of the sport domestically an...

24. Nat Goodhartz: Stellar career thrusts fencer into hall of fame
(USFA Hall of Fame/News and Information)

...ry." Goodhartz is currently in Cuba training Zimmerman and Hannah Thompson for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.   ...

25. Andy Shaw
(USFA Hall of Fame/Hall of Fame Selection Committee)

... Andy showed competitive talent, he would keep him - and the rest is history. Shaw trained with Elthes US Olympic Coach 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980,1984) for a few years. Giorgio Santelli invited A...

26. Korfanty, Ed
(Roll of Honor/Era 3 - Modern Era)

...degree in Physical Education and a Master of Fencing degree. By 1984 he had become the head coach at the Olympic Center in Katowice, Poland and coach of the Polish National Team. In 1990 Coach Korf...

27. Pinkhasov, Semyon
(Hall of Fame Nominees/Era 3 (1976-present) The Modern Era)

...ub from 1977-1997. During those years he was selected as Coach of 1983 & 1987 Pan American Teams, 1984 Olympic Team, and the 1981 & 1985 Maccabiah Team. His NY Fencers’ Club foil stars w...

28. McClellan, Cathy
(Roll of Honor/Era 3 - Modern Era)

...h at Tufts University from 1988-1992 Cathy McClellan interviewed by Andy Shaw at the 2010 Junior Olympics in Memphis, TN XHAppZNcwNg   ...

29. Elliott, Joseph
(Roll of Honor/Era 2 - Era of Inequality)

...inalist in foil. He took 1st in Foil in the Mexico LA REFORMA in 1973 and was a team member of Mexican Pre-Olympics ’65 and World games in Moscow ’66 and Cuba ’ 69. Forty years later, he has been the ...

30. Schneider, Martin
(Hall of Fame Nominees/Era 2 (1936-1975) The Era of Inequality)

... captains, All-Ivy, All- American, NCAA champions, members of the USFA World Championship Team, and the US Olympic Team. While coaching at Riverdale, Marty also lead the William Taft HS team to 5 PSAL...

31. Richards, Carla-Mae
(Roll of Honor/Era 3 - Modern Era)

...e Division chair, then Section chair and then started on national committees, the notable of which was the Olympic Fencing Committee. In the late 60’s through early 80’s her career in fencing turned ...

32. Richards, Carla-Mae
(USFA Hall of Fame/Hall of Fame Selection Committee)

The first Executive Director of US Fencing at its newly established national office at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Carla started fencing in her junior year in high school at Salle

33. Micahnik, David M.
(Roll of Honor/Era 2 - Era of Inequality)

Dave Micahnik was a member of the 1960, 1964, and 1968 United States Olympic Epee Teams. In 1960 he won the U. S. National Epee Championship. From 1960-73 he was ranked in the top 10 in men's épée 10

34. Worth, George V.
(Roll of Honor/Era 2 - Era of Inequality)

AFLA national sabre champion (1954); medalist five times. U.S. Olympic team (1948, '52, '56, '60). Finalist, Olympic sabre individual (1948) - fifth place. Member, bronze medal-winning sabre team (

35. Westbrook, Peter
(Roll of Honor/Era 3 - Modern Era)

...champion thirteen times (1974, '75, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '88, '89, '95). Member, U.S. Olympic team (1976 ,'84, '88, '92, '96). Olympic bronze medalist in sabre individual (1984)....

36. Vince, Marion Lloyd
(Roll of Honor/Era 1 - The Standard Era)

...n Lloyd Vince (1909-1969) - AFLA national foil champion (1928, '31); medalist eight times. Member, U.S. Olympic team (1928, '32, '36). Finalist, Olympic foil individual (1932) - ninth place. She wa...

37. Van Buskirk, Harold
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...rk (1893-1980) - AFLA national epee champion (1927); national sabre medalist three times. Member, U.S. Olympic team (1924, '28, '32). President of the AFLA (1936-39; 1944). One of the leading of...

38. Toth, Nicholas
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...ational Masters Championship in saber in Innsbruck, Austria in 1948. Toth was the head coach of the U.S. Olympic Pentathlon team in 1956 at Melbourne. He was the national coach at the Modern Penta...

39. Cerra Tishman, Maria
(Roll of Honor/Era 2 - Era of Inequality)

AFLA national foil champion (1945). Member, U.S. Olympic team (1948). Finalist, Olympic foil individual (1948) - tied for second place, finished fourth. This is the highest Olympic attainment by a

40. Tatham, Charles
(Roll of Honor/Era 1 - The Standard Era)

Charles Tatham (1853 - 1939), one of the five founding fathers of the AFLA/USFA. He won three Olympic medals for the US, plus the National individual epee title in 1901, '02, and '03, the Individ

41. Stone, Donna
(Roll of Honor/Era 3 - Modern Era)

...wice, Poland 8th; Ipswitch, England 4th 1989 US World Team - 5th place Individual Women's Epee 1989 US Olympic Committee Athlete of the Year 1990 US National Champion - Women's Epee 1990 US Na...

42. Sobel, Stephen B.
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...ished life in fencing. A former President of the USFA, League Counsel, and past Vice President of the US Olympic Committee, Steve began his fencing achievements as the 1954 NCAA Saber champion for ...

43. Sieja, Stanley
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...team won the NCAA team championship (1964) and the IFA team championship (1969, '79). Manager of the U.S. Olympic team (1952) and armorer (1972). He was among the leading armorers and generous with ...

44. Schmitter, Charles R.
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...uot; by the National Fencing Coaches Association in 1957. He has served on the fencing committee for the Olympic games several times. In 1956 Charles Schmitter, for whom the Schmitter Fencing Co...

45. Sauer, Alfred
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

... (1909), epee (1913), and foil (1916) representing the Illinois Athletic Club. He qualified for the 1912 Olympic Team in all 3 weapons and competed in all 3 at the Stockholm Games along with the le...

46. Santelli, Giorgio L.
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...ather was Italo Santelli, the great Italian master. A member of the Italian sabre team that won the 1920 Olympic championship, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1925, and taught at the University FC, New...

47. Lofton, Michael (Sankofa, Mika'il)
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

  Michael Lofton is a three-time Olympian, (1984, '88, 92); two-time Pan-American Games Team Member in Sabre Team Silver 1987, '91: Fourth Place Individual Sabre '91; two-time National Indiv

48. Sands, Maj. General Thomas J.
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

Maj. General Thomas J. Sands (1903-1984) - AFLA national epee champion (1935, '37). Member, U.S. Olympic team (1936). At the 1937 World Championships in Paris, Sands attained the individual epee

49. Romary, Janice York
(Roll of Honor/Era 2 - Era of Inequality)

AFLA national foil champion (1950, '51 ,'56, '57, '60, '61, '64, '66, '67 ,'68). Member, U.S. Olympic team (1948, '52, '56,' 60, '64, '68). Twice a finalist, Olympic foil individual (1952) -

50. Righeimer, Frank S.
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...ee champion (1929); national outdoor epee champion (1929, '33); national foil medalist three times. U.S. Olympic team (1932, '36). Member, Olympic bronze medal-winning foil team (1932) and Olympic ...