Yury Gelman
Yury Gelman (born October 13, 1955) is a five-time Olympic Fencing coach for the United States (Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London, and Rio 2016), National Men's Sabre Coach, and Head Fencing Coach for 2001 NCAA champion St. John's University. Gelman is a founder of the Manhattan Fencing Center[1] in New York City, and has prepared 22 students for the United States National Teams.
Biography
Gelman, who is Jewish was born in Kiev, Ukraine, where he taught fencing to elite athletes.[2] His maternal grandmother was Esther Krakovitch.[3] Gelman graduated in 1977 from Kiev Physical Education College, with a degree in physical education and coaching of fencing, and in 1981 earned a master's degree in physical education from Kiev.[4] Gelman's coaching experience began at the Kiev Physical Education College, where he was coach from 1977-91.[5] Gelman also served as coach of the Ukrainian Fencing Team from 1987-91.[6]
He moved to New York in 1991.[7] He couldn’t find work in the US in fencing, so he spent a year and a half selling doughnuts at a flea market on a New Jersey highway.[8]
Gelman then served as the fencing coach at St. John’s University in New York City for 28 years.[9][10] In 2007 he opened the Manhattan Fencing Center.[11]
The US National Team, under Gelman's leadership, won the 2001 Gdansk Junior World Championships, the 2004 team Grand Prize, 4th Place at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 5th place at the 2005 Leipzicg Senior World Championship, the Silver Medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics[12] (Keeth Smart, Tim Morehouse, James Williams, Jason Rogers). In the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, Daryl Homer wins historic silver medal in men's sabre fencing.[13] He became the first U.S. men's silver medalist since William Grebe in 1904,and U.S. Women's Sabre Team wins BRONZE Medal!Dagmara Wozniak and Monica Aksamit winning Bronze Medal in Women's Sabre Team Competition coached by Gelman.
In the 2001 Junior World Championships, Gelman's students Ivan Lee and Tim Hagamen were the first to bring a gold medal to the United States.
Gelman was inducted into US Fencing Hall of Fame[14] on July 10 at the 2010 Summer National Championships in Atlanta.
See also
References
- ^ "Manhattan Fencing Center". Retrieved 2011-05-22.
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- ^ "The Official Website of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games". Archived from the original on August 15, 2008. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
- ^ "American Daryl Homer wins historic silver in men's sabre fencing". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
- ^ "United States Fencing Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2011-05-22.
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