{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox organization | name = Manhattan Fencing Center | pronunciation = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | named_after = | image = File:Saber fencers MFC2011.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = Saber fencers practicing at<br>Manhattan Fencing Center | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | formation = {{start date and age|2007}} | founder = Yury Gelman | founding_location = | extinction = <!-- use {{end date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | merger = | type = | tax_id = <!-- or | vat_id = (for European organizations) --> | registration_id = <!-- for non-profit org --> | status = | headquarters = | location = 15 West 37th Street, Manhattan, New York City | coordinates = {{Coord|40.751|-73.9843|format=dms|type:landmark_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}} | website = {{URL|manhattanfencing.com}} | remarks = | former_name = | footnotes = }} The '''Manhattan Fencing Center'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/video/sports/olympics/1194817102397/sabres-in-the-city.html|title=Sabres in the City|first=David|last=Frank|date=11 July 2008|work=The New York Times|accessdate=14 August 2016|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Manhattan+Fencing+Center/|work=The New York Daily News|title=Manhattan Fencing Center<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> in Manhattan, New York City, was founded in 2007 by Olympic coach Yury Gelman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/c-fenc/mtt/gelman_yury00.html|title=Yury Gelman bio - REDSTORMSPORTS.COM |publisher=|accessdate=14 August 2016}}</ref>
==Fencing Foundation of America== [[File:Yury Gelman.jpg|thumb|180px|Yury Gelman]] Manhattan Fencing Center is the home of the Fencing Foundation of America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycorporatelist.com/corp/847054.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150410005111/http://www.nycorporatelist.com/corp/847054.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 10, 2015|title=FENCING FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED -– Company Profiles of New York|publisher=NYCorporateList|accessdate=14 August 2016}}</ref>
==Notable fencers== * Monica Aksamit (born 1990), saber fencer; won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Women's Saber Team competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.przegladsportowy.pl/igrzyska-olimpijskie/rio-2016/szermierka-na-rio-2016-bardzo-polski-zespol-amerykanek/5c1wf5d|title=Bardzo polski zespół Amerykanek. W kadrze szermierzy z USA jest dużo polskich akcentów|date=August 8, 2016|website=Przegląd Sportowy}}</ref> * Daryl Homer (born 1990), saber fencer; competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics; won the silver medal in individual saber at the 2016 Olympics, was a silver medalist at the 2015 World Fencing Championships, and is a five-time gold medalist at the Pan American Fencing Championships.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=boUnAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Manhattan+Fencing+Center%22 ''Esquire''], Volumes 149-150, 2008.</ref> * Timothy Morehouse (born 1978), saber fencer who won a silver medal competing in the men's saber as a member of the United States fencing team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/07/interview-tim-morehouse/|title=Interview With Tim Morehouse -- Olympic Saber Fencer and Geek Gone Good|first=Garth|last=Sundem|magazine=Wired |via=wired.com}}</ref> * Dagmara Wozniak (born 1988), saber fencer; named to the U.S. Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in women's saber competition as a substitute, and as a competitor at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, in which she won a bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/08/new-yorks-olympic-sport-is-fencing.html|title=New York's Olympic Sport Is Fencing|first=Jen|last=Kirby|website=Intelligencer|date=August 10, 2016 }}</ref>
== See also ==
* Fencing (practice and techniques) *United States Fencing Association
== References == <!--- See Wikipedia:Footnotes on how to create references using tags which will then appear here automatically --> {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[https://www.manhattanfencing.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiA5t-OBhByEiwAhR-hm1deOTuGeRaPPDkWH8JnvydppnF8cNkadk5TfHV3LvCZu8sVJ_SUZhoCzp4QAvD_BwE Manhattan Fencing Center homepage]
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