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

...n the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. Entering the 2000 Summer Olympics, Bayer was ranked No. 8 in the world in foil. Bayer won his second round match over Sobczak of Poland (15-9), but lost in the third roun...

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

... Olympics in 96 and we won the bronze at the 01 world championships. 1987 Cadet  Jr. Olympic  foil champion 1987  U.S. Bronze medal Jr. Olympic U-20 Foil 1988 Cadet  Jr....

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

... Borack occupies a unique place in the U.S. fencing history. A former national champion in men’s foil (the youngest winner at that time), he was also a medallist in men’s epee and a sabe...

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

...gan competing and winning at the age of 14 and continued on to become both the US National champion of foil (1956) and the US National champion of epee (1954), but also a 1956 Olympian where he plac...

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

...928) and brought the American fencing scene world-wide attention with the Olympic Bronze medal in Men’s Foil Team at the 1920 Games in Antwerp. Mr. Lyon is the only American fencer to win a U.S. natio...

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

...e encountered. "The best man with all three weapons," was the verdict of Roger Ducret, the 1920 Olympic foil champion. Aldo Nadi (1899-1965) is possibly the greatest fencer who ever lived. His el...

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

...ic history (1936). At the l932 Olympics, Hugh Alessandroni was a member of the highly successful U.S. foil team which defeated France, throwing the final into a three-way tie between France, Italy a...

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

...ome of his former students thoughts and memories: "Coach Wolfe taught me not only to hold a foil, to lunge, parry and riposte. Not only to become an International competitor and Olympic co...

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

...dquo; He went on to win the 1938 Intercollegiate Fencing Association singles championship in the foil as a senior at City College, then attended the New York University dental school. After g...

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

... breadth of her sword career, this seems unlikely.Apparently, Jaguarina was adept with knife, rapier, foil, saber and broadsword. She seems to have been a superior horsewoman in an era when nice g...

11. Rosiere, Gilbert
(Roll of Honor/Era 1 - The Standard Era)

... fighting in the Civil War. Rosiere Street in New Orleans is named in his honor. It is rumored that his foils were donated to the Cabildo in New Orleans. Historical accounts state that Gilbet sai...

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

...s worked with the USFA Fencing Officials Commission refereeing at class 1 level Epee, class 2 level Foil, and class 5 level Sabre, has refereed at International World Cup level in Epee, and has ...

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

...n Harutunian to hone the skill. Harutunian has produced numerous All-Americans and an NCAA men's foil and women's sabre champion during his tenure. Remarkably, a number of those honored had nev...

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

...ach in 1950 his team won the NCAA team championship in 1951 and 1952, with Bob Nielson winning the NCAA foil championships in 1951 & 1952, and Danny Chafetz the epee championship in 1952.  Al...

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

...as a student at Ohio State University in 1963 and has coached both the U.S. National men's and women's foil teams. "There's never been a woman selected who was solely honored for her co...

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

... Shaw reached some rarely achieved fencing heights: * Finalist in NY Metropolitan Division Men's Foil Championships in which 22 foil fencers with A ratings competed. * Formally invited to com...

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

...n American Teams, 1984 Olympic Team, and the 1981 & 1985 Maccabiah Team. His NY Fencers’ Club foil stars won 10 US National Men’s Foil Team Championships, 6 US National Women’s F...

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

“Make your opponents prove they can stop your attack.”  5-time US National Foil Team Champion and 2-time US National Epee Champion with Tanner City FC under Joe Pechinsky, Cathy is

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

... in fencing. He was 2-times US National Epee Champion (1965, 1970) and a 2-time US National finalist in foil. He took 1st in Foil in the Mexico LA REFORMA in 1973 and was a team member of Mexican Pre-...

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

...as treading on hallowed ground, a sport dominated by men, on and off the strip. Women could only fence foil and only for four touches instead of five or eight touches instead of 10 because women were...

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

...eading on hallowed ground, a sport dominated by men, on and off the strip.  Women could only fence foil and only for four touches instead of five or eight touches instead of 10 because women were...

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

...mpionship. From 1960-73 he was ranked in the top 10 in men's épée 10 times and was nationally ranked in foil and sabre. Twice the epee Gold Medalist in the World Maccabiah Games, he was coached throug...

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

...scores went. Big Len Turk took on Canadian Jacques Giguere first and allowed him only two hits in their foil engagement. Albert Axelrod engaged Al Howard of Montreal in the second bout and delivered s...

24. White, Ruth C.
(Roll of Honor/Era 3 - Modern Era)

Ruth C. White AFLA Women's Foil Champion [1969, '71]; AFLA U-19 Women's Foil Champion (1968, '70). The first African-American to win a US fencing championship, she won her first senior national c

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

Marion 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. S

26. Vince, Joseph
(Roll of Honor/Era 1 - The Standard Era)

...klyn and New York before WWII and in Los Angeles afterwards). Salle Vince won the AFLA national women's foil team title ten years running (1930-39). In 1966, it won the team event again out of Los Ang...

27. 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

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

...edals for the US, plus the National individual epee title in 1901, '02, and '03, the Individual Men's Foil in 1901, and the Men's Epee Team in 1908.   ...

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

...encers club won its second team title of the national tournament as it recaptured the men’s team foil championship it lost last year, beating Yale in the final 9-5. The nine-day national cham...

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

...e when he was 16. He went on to win the US National Championships in saber (1909), epee (1913), and foil (1916) representing the Illinois Athletic Club. He qualified for the 1912 Olympic Team in ...

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

... difficult Austrian, Hungarian, and Italian sabre championships, as well as the Austrian and Hungarian foil championships, was invited to this country in 1924 by the New York Athletic Club. As head...

32. 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) -

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

...(1909-1998) - AFLA national epee champion (1929); national outdoor epee champion (1929, '33); national foil medalist three times. U.S. Olympic team (1932, '36). Member, Olympic bronze medal-winning...

34. Richards, Edwin
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...nd a three-time participant in the Pan-American Games (1959, '63, and '67). He was twice National Men's Foil Champion (1962, '63) and medaled in foil in 1961 and in epee in 1952 (the year of his foil ...

35. Post, Albertson Van Zo
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

Albertson Van Zo Post (1865-1938) - AFLA national foil champion (1895); national epee champion (1896,1912); national sabre champion (1901, '02, '03). He won five medals, including two championshi

36. Pinchart, Rene
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...t Lubell, Helena M. Dow, and many other national champions and Olympians. The national Under-19 men's foil trophy is presented in his memory (1971).   ...

37. Okawa, Heizaburo
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...th in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. A world-reknowned referee, Heizaburo was the 1967 and 1968 US National foil champion. His coaching career includes UCLA, the Mori Fencing Academy (Salle Mori), and he...

38. O'Connor, William Scott
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...he Amateur Fencers’ League of America (AFLA/USFA), was the UNITED STATES FIRST A.F.L.A. NATIONAL FOIL CHAMPION in l892 and was the 1905 National Epee (then called ‘dueling sword’)...

39. O'Connor, Denise
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...of the 1971 Terre des Hommes in Montreal. For nearly two decades, she was a nationally ranked women's foilist (1959-1976). She captained the Salle Santelli Women's Foil Team to five national titles...

40. Nyilas, Dr. Tibor
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...an American saber champion in 1951—and won team gold in those games as well in both saber and foil. For this, the F.I.E. awarded him a special medal struck for the occasion. ...

41. Nunes, Leo G.
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...te his only being able to fence every other year owing to business commitments in Europe. AFLA national foil champion (1924); national epee champion (1917, '22, '24, '26, '28, '32); national sabre cha...

42. Muray, Nickolas
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...e the team again for the 1932 Olympics, which brought home the bronze medal in the team competitions in foil and épée events. For the rest of his life, Muray remained active in the sport. He died on N...

43. Mitchell, Maxine
(Roll of Honor/Era 2 - Era of Inequality)

(1917-1991) - AFLA national foil champion (1952, '54, '55, '58). Member, U.S. Olympic team (1952, '56, '60). Finalist, Olympic foil individual (1952) - sixth place   (1917-1991) - AFL

44. Mayer, Helene
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

(1910-1953) - Olympic foil champion for Germany (1928). Emigrated to the U.S. in 1933 and began to fence in the AFLA nationals (then open to foreign entries). AFLA national foil champion (1934, '35

45. Marx, Michael
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

AFLA/USFA national foil champion (1977, '79, '82, '85, '86, '87, '90, '93) He was second in the World University Games foil individual. Vice-president of the USFA.   AFLA/USFA nationa

46. Jacobsen, Gay (also Gay D'Asaro)
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

Gay was the 1974 and 1978 US Foil Champion, a member of two Pan Am teams (1975 and 1979) and two Olympic teams (1976 and 1980).  She was also a 1-rated Referee.  Known for her beau

47. Lucia, Edward
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

...NY (1954-74). NFCAA Coach of the Year (1964). Coach of Salle Lucia, which won the AFLA national women's foil team championship (1958, '60)   Edward Lucia (1914-1984) - Coach of CCNY (195...

48. Locke, Dorothy
(Roll of Honor/Era 1 - The Standard Era)

...cke had to compete against her top teammate, Marion Lloyd as well as fraulein Mayer. Miss Locke won the foil Championship in 1932 and 1933 and took second to the Olympic champion Mayer three times, an...

49. Lewis, Norman
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

AFLA national foil champion (1939); national epee champion (1948, '49, '50). Member, U.S. Olympic team (1948), captain (1968). Finalist, Olympic epee individual (1948) - ninth place. President of

50. Levis, Joseph
(Roll of Honor/Roll of Honor)

AFLA national foil champion (1929, '32, '33, '35, '37, '54); national outdoor foil champion (1929, '33); national three-weapon champion (1929). Member, U.S. Olympic team, (1928, '32,'36) captain (193