{{short description|American fencing coach of Soviet descent|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Arkady Burdan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|4|7}} | occupation = Fencing coach, Nellya Fencers | known_for = Founding Nellya Fencers | awards = Olympic Coach }} Maestro '''Arkady Burdan''' (born April 7, 1944) is a USSR-born American fencing coach of Soviet descent. He is a former two-time Olympic Fencing Coach for the United States (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008).<ref name=nellya>{{cite web|title=Coaching Staff|url=http://www.nellyafencers.com/coachstaff.html|website=Nellya Fencers|access-date=2017-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411055618/http://www.nellyafencers.com/coachstaff.html|archive-date=2017-04-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> Maestro Burdan was the United States Fencing Association's Elite Coach of the Year (2002), and was inducted into the US Fencing Hall of Fame in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Burdan, Arkady|url=http://usfencinghalloffame.com/wp/burdan-arkady/|website=US Fencing Hall of Fame|publisher=USFA}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Harkins|first1=Craig|title=Arkady Burdan Foundation Offers Fencing Scholarships|url=https://www.fencing.net/12407/arkady-burdan-foundation-offers-fencing-scholarships/|website=fencing.net|accessdate=9 April 2017|ref=1}}</ref>
Arkady Burdan is a founder of Nellya Fencers, a fencing club in Atlanta, Georgia. He has trained many fencers, including US National Champions at every age group and competitive level, Junior Olympic Champions, NCAA Champions, Junior and Senior Pan American Champions, Junior and Senior World Champions, and three Olympians.<ref name=nellya /> He is the coach of three-time Olympic Medalist, Sada Jacobson.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lane|first1=Anthony|title=Fun and Games|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/09/01/fun-and-games|website=The New Yorker}}</ref> His early distinctions include being named USSR Master of Sports and Honored Coach of the Ukrainian Republic. He was the principal fencing coach of the Ukrainian Olympic Training Center. His students have earned more than 40 gold medals in Soviet National Championships and in international competitions.
Maestro Burdan's college-bound fencers have been recruited for varsity teams such as Columbia, Ohio State, Penn State, St. John's, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford, Harvard, and Yale.<ref name="nellya"/>
==See also== *List of USFA Hall of Fame members
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