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St. John's Red Storm fencing represents the St. John's University in collegiate fencing. The Red Storm compete as an independent school of NCAA Division I.

First season1934
Head coachYury Gelman
30th season, – 
Home stadiumTaffner Field House
LocationJamaica, Queens
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St. John's Red Storm fencing
First season1934
Head coachYury Gelman
30th season, – 
Home stadiumTaffner Field House
LocationJamaica, Queens
LeagueIndependent
National Titles1 (2001)
MascotJohnny the Thunderbird
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Olympians

The following St. John's players and coaches have represented their country in fencing in the Summer Olympic Games:

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Year Player/Coach Country Location Event
2000Yury Gelman United StatesSydneySaber coach
2004 United StatesAthensSaber coach
2008 United StatesBeijingSaber coach
2012 United StatesLondonSaber coach
2016 United StatesRioSaber coach
2024 United StatesParisSaber coach
2012Daryl Homer United StatesLondon6th Place Men's Individual Saber
2016 United StatesRio Men's Individual Saber
2020 United StatesTokyo23rd Place Men's Individual Saber
2004Ivan Lee United StatesAthens12th Place Men's Individual Saber
2000Keeth Smart United StatesSydney30th Place Men's Individual Saber
2004 United StatesAthens15th Place Men's Individual Saber
2008 United StatesBeijing6th Place Men's Individual Saber
Men's Team Saber
2020Curtis McDowald United StatesTokyo24th Place Men's Individual Epee
2000Arlene Stevens United StatesSydney32nd Place Women's Individual Epee
2004Jonathan Tiomkin United StatesAthens30th Place Men's Individual Foil
2008Dagmara Wozniak United StatesBeijingWomen's Individual Saber
2012 United StatesLondon8th Place Women's Individual Saber
2016 United StatesRio24th Place Women's Individual Saber
Women's Team Saber
2020 United StatesTokyo25th Place Women's Individual Saber
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Individual championships

St. John's has won 27 individual national championships between the men's and women's teams.

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Individual Champions
Women's Foil Women's Épée Women's Sabre
Erzsebet Garay (2006)
Monika Golebiewski (2008)
Evgeniya Kirpicheva (2012)
 Tina Loven (1995)
Nicole Dygert (1996)
Emese Takacs (2001)
Isis Washington (2015)
 Karolina Cieślar (2019)
Men's Foil Men's Épée Men's Sabre
Andras Nemeth (2017)
Jan Jurkiewicz (2023)		 George Hentea (1998)
Alex Roylblat (1999)
Arpad Horvath (2002, 2004)
Marat Israelian (2010, 2011)
Yevgeniy Karyuchenko (2014)
Cooper Schumacher (2017)
 Andre Deladrier (1942)
Keeth Smart (1997, 1999)
Ivan Lee (2001, 2002)
Sergey Isayenko (2005)
Daryl Homer (2010, 2011)
Darii Lukashenko (2025)
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Year-by-year results

Men's Fencing

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St. John's Men's Fencing Results by Season
YearConferenceHead coachOverall RecordPct.NCAA Championship
1994-1995IndependentYury GelmanNCAA Runner-Up
1995-1996IndependentYury Gelman3rd Place
1996-1997IndependentYury Gelman3rd Place
1997-1998IndependentYury Gelman5th Place
1998-1999IndependentYury Gelman5th Place
1999-2000IndependentYury GelmanNCAA Runner-Up
2000-2001IndependentYury GelmanNCAA Champion
2001-2002IndependentYury GelmanNCAA Runner-Up
2002-2003IndependentYury Gelman3rd Place
2003-2004IndependentYury Gelman4th Place
2004-2005IndependentYury Gelman9–2(.818)3rd Place
2005-2006IndependentYury Gelman–(–)6th Place
2006-2007IndependentYury Gelman–(–)NCAA Runner-Up
2007-2008IndependentYury Gelman–(–)5th Place
2008-2009IndependentYury Gelman–(–)6th Place
2009-2010IndependentYury Gelman11–5(.688)NCAA Runner-Up
2010-2011IndependentYury Gelman16–2(.889)3rd Place
2011-2012IndependentYury Gelman15–4(.789)4th Place
2012-2013IndependentYury Gelman13–6(.684)5th Place
2013-2014IndependentYury Gelman12–7(.632)3rd Place
2014-2015IndependentYury Gelman14–5(.737)6th Place
2015-2016IndependentYury Gelman9–1(.900)4th Place
2016-2017IndependentYury Gelman11–8(.579)6th Place
2017-2018IndependentYury Gelman12–9(.571)6th Place
2018-2019IndependentYury Gelman8–8(.500)5th Place
2019-2020IndependentYury Gelman16–3(.842)Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2020-2021IndependentYury Gelman7–2(.778)5th Place
2021-2022IndependentYury Gelman9–8(.529)7th Place
2022-2023IndependentYury Gelman12–12(.500)7th Place
2023-2024IndependentYury Gelman12–13(.480)7th Place
2024-2025IndependentYury Gelman15–6(.714)5th Place
2025-2026IndependentYury Gelman17–4(.810)3rd Place
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Women's Fencing

More information Year, Wins ...
YearWinsLossesPct.NCAA Tournament
2004-200583(.727)3rd
2005-2006(–)6th
2006-2007(–)2nd
2007-2008(–)5th
2008-2009(–)6th
2009-2010(–)2nd
2010-2011(–)3rd
2011-2012(–)4th
2012-2013(–)5th
2013-2014(–)3rd
2014-2015(–)6th
2015-2016(–)4th
2016-2017(–)6th
2017-2018(–)6th
2018-2019(–)5th
2019-2020Cancelled due Covid-19
2020-202137(.300)5th
2021-2022314(.176)7th
2022-2023718(.280)7th
2023-2024178(.680)7th
2024-20251110(.524)5th
2025-20261011(.476)14th
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Coaches

  • Yury Gelman (born 1955), Ukrainian-born American 7-time Olympic fencing coach
  • Sergey Danilov (born 1981), Russian-born American Olympic fencing coach

References

https://redstormsports.com/sports/2018/6/12/sports-c-fenc-archive-stjo-c-fenc-archive-html.aspx

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