# Manhattan Fencing Center
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| formation = {{start date and age|2007}}
| founder = [Yury Gelman](/source/Yury_Gelman)
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| location = 15 West 37th Street, Manhattan, New York City
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The '''Manhattan Fencing Center'''[{{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}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Manhattan+Fencing+Center/|work=The New York Daily News|title=Manhattan Fencing Center}}] in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan), New York City, was founded in 2007 by Olympic coach [Yury Gelman](/source/Yury_Gelman).[{{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}}]
==Fencing Foundation of America==
[[File:Yury Gelman.jpg|thumb|180px|[Yury Gelman](/source/Yury_Gelman)]]
Manhattan Fencing Center is the home of the Fencing Foundation of America.[{{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}}]
==Notable fencers==
* [Monica Aksamit](/source/Monica_Aksamit) (born 1990), saber fencer; won a [bronze medal](/source/bronze_medal) at the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics) in the [Women's Saber Team competition](/source/Fencing_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_team_sabre).[{{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}}]
* [Daryl Homer](/source/Daryl_Homer) (born 1990), saber fencer; competed in the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics) and the 2016 Summer Olympics; won the [silver medal](/source/silver_medal) in [individual saber](/source/Fencing_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_sabre) at the 2016 Olympics, was a silver medalist at the [2015 World Fencing Championships](/source/2015_World_Fencing_Championships), and is a five-time [gold medal](/source/gold_medal)ist at the [Pan American Fencing Championships](/source/Pan_American_Fencing_Championships).[[https://books.google.com/books?id=boUnAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Manhattan+Fencing+Center%22 ''Esquire''], Volumes 149-150, 2008.]
* [Timothy Morehouse](/source/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](/source/Fencing_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics) at the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics) in [Beijing](/source/Beijing).[{{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}}]
* [Dagmara Wozniak](/source/Dagmara_Wozniak) (born 1988), saber fencer; named to the U.S. Olympic team at the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/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.[{{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 }}]
== See also ==
* [Fencing](/source/Fencing_practice_and_techniques) (practice and techniques)
*[United States Fencing Association](/source/United_States_Fencing_Association)
== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.manhattanfencing.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiA5t-OBhByEiwAhR-hm1deOTuGeRaPPDkWH8JnvydppnF8cNkadk5TfHV3LvCZu8sVJ_SUZhoCzp4QAvD_BwE Manhattan Fencing Center homepage]
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