Masters
Fencing Club has been created by active fencers with more
than 20 years of the experience in the sport.
The Head Coach, Rafael Suárez, has a long history
of competitions.
Among many others, we can mention:
- Atlanta 1996
Olympic Individual , and Team Foil
- Sidney 2000
Olympic Individual Foil
- 2 times Bronze
Medal Pan-American Games Individual and Team
- 3 times Silver
Medal Centro American Games Individual, and Team
- Gold Medal Bolivarian
Games Santa Cruz Individual, and Team
- 3 times Gold
Medal in Pan-American Games Individual, and Team
- Bronze Medal
Senior World Cup 1997 Venezuela
- 5th in Senior
World Cup 2000 Denmark
- 5th World Championship
Cadet, Portugal
- 8th World Championship
Junior, Austria
- Gold Medal Junior
World Cup Hamburg
He is assisted by
other experienced coaches and fencers with a long
history of success. They are Manuel Hiraldo, Maria Panyi and Leo
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Rafael Suarez
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Manuel started practicing fencing when he was 7 years old. Among his accomplishments
are:
- Bronze Medal,
Individual 14& under Foil, National Tournament, Argentina
- Silver Medal,
Foil, Individual 21& under Foil, (he was 12 years old), National
Tournament, Argentina
- Bronze Medal,
Foil, Individual 21& under Foil,South-American Games, Uruguay
- Silver Medal,
Individual 21& under Foil, South-American Games, Brazil
Recent accomplishments
are:
- 5th place, Foil,
veteran, USFA Summer National Championships, 2008
- 3rd place, Foil,
veteran, USFA National Championships, 2006
- 5th place, Foil,
veteran, USFA National Championships, 2005
- Gold Medal,
Foil, veteran, Sunshine State Games, 2005
- Silver Medal,
Epee, veteran, Sunshine State Games, 2005
- 6th place, Foil,
veteran, USFA National Championships, 2003
- Ranked #5 in USA
2006-2007 in Men's Foil Vets.
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Manuel Hiraldo
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Maria started fencing when she was 9 years old and quickly became the
member of the Hungarian National team. Later she came to the United
States with a fencing scholarship to the University of Notre Dame.
- Ranked top 16th at the Senior Women's Foil World Ranking
- Junior World Cup finals (i.e., Bochum, Germany; Ethampes,
France)
- Senior B-cup Finals (i.e., 1st in Zurich, Switzerland; final in
Salzburg, Austria)
- 6th World Championship Junior, Athens, Greece
- 1st (team) and 6th (individual) Socialist Countries
Championship, Budapest, Hungary
- Alternate for 1988 Olympic Games
- NCAA Div 1 Champion (Notre Dame team, 1994)
- Captain of the Notre Dame Fencing Team, MVP (1995)
- NCAA Div1 Foil Runner-up (individual 1995), First Team
All-American, Nominated for Scholastica-All America, Voted MVP of the 1995 NCAAs by Coaches and Fencers
- NAC Div 1 Final (1995)
- 2 times Mid-West Champion (1994, 1995)
- Penn State Open Champion (1995)
- Notre Dame Record Holder (98% career winning percentage)
- Sunshine State Champion (1998 women and open foil)
- Assistant Coach at Notre Dame (1995-1996)
- Midwest, NCAA, USFA Referee (while at college)
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Maria Panyi
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Leo’s
fencing history
- Bronze medal,
Lima, Suramericanos Cad, individual men foil
- Gold medal, Ibague,
National ranking, individual men
- Bronze medal,
Tunja, National games, team men
- 4th times gold
medal, Bogotá, regional competition
- Development of
proyects related to fencing as an elective
asignatures in elementary schools
- Development
of projects for Local County to increase
fencing athlete’s participation in agreement with local
universities
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Leo Vega
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