Peter Jonathan Westbrook is an American former sabre fencing champion, active businessman and founder of the Peter Westbrook Foundation. A former U.S. champion and Olympic medalist, Westbrook's career began when his Japanese mother convinced him to try fencing. He founded the Peter Westbrook Foundation (PWF), a 501(c)(3) non-profit, that uses fencing as a vehicle in developing life and academic skills for young people from underserved communities of New York City.
MaestroCsaba Elthes was a fencing master who emigrated to the U.S. Elthes trained many Olympic competitors in the 1960s through 1980s, including the only U.S. Olympic fencing medalist of the period, Peter Westbrook.
Michael Marx is an American foil and epee fencer and fencing master. He is the brother of Robert Marx, who has also represented the U.S. in multiple Olympic fencing events. Michael and his brother were taught to fence by their mother, fencing coach Colleen Olney, who is considered by many prominent fencers to be "the mother of fencing in Oregon".
Allan S. Kwartler, born in New York City, was an American sabre and foil fencer.
MaestroGiorgio Santelli was a fencer and fencing master who was part of the Italian team that won the gold medal in Men's team sabre at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was the largest mid-20th century influence in raising the quality and popularity of fencing in the United States, and creator of one of the best-known fencing equipment manufacturers.
The Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) was founded on April 22, 1891, in New York City by a group of fencers seeking independence from the Amateur Athletic Union. As early as 1940, the AFLA was recognized by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) and the United States Olympic Committee as the national governing body for fencing in the United States.
Albert Axelrod, known as Albie,, was an American foil fencer.
Tamir Bloom is an American epee fencer.
Julia Jones-Pugliese was an American national champion fencer and fencing coach.
George Gabriel Masin is an American Olympic epee fencer who attended New York University from 1964 to 1968.
Mika'il Sankofa is a world recognized sabre fencer and coach. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.
Ferenc Marki was an internationally known fencing master and fencing coach.
Gay Kristine Jacobsen D'Asaro is an American Olympic foil fencer.
Edward Ballinger is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He is married to Sally Pechinsky. He is currently coaching at the Boston Fencing Club. He has been elected for induction into the USFA Hall of Fame in the summer of 2012.
Eric Oliver "Nick" Bravin is an American Olympic fencer and lawyer. He was a four-time U.S. National Champion, a three-time NCAA National Champion, and a two-time Olympian.
Samuel Kwong is an American sabre fencer. He is a multiple-time national champion.
Zoran R. Tulum is a fencer and fencing coach.
Maestro Arkady Burdan is an American fencing coach of Soviet descent. He is the two-time Olympic Fencing Coach for the United States. Maestro Burdan was the United States Fencing Association's Elite Coach of the Year (2002) and he was inducted into the US Fencing Hall of Fame in 2009. He is also the founder of the Arkady Burdan Foundation, a non-profit centered on enriching the physical, academic, and character development of children in need through the sport of fencing.
