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ANDREY GEVA

Head Coach

All Weapons

 

 

 

1999 - present    Houston, TX

2006 USFA Developmental Coach of the Year.

Coach of 2007 and 2010 US National Junior Team Champions

Developed 21 USA National Champions and North American Cup Winners, 25 "A" rated fencers and over 50 nationally ranked fencers

  • 2004-present Alliance Fencing Academy, head coach and owner

  • 2003-2004 Chairman of the Gulf Coast Division (US Fencing Association)

  • 2001-2003 Salle Mauro Fencing Academy, head epée coach

  • 1999-2001 Bayou City Fencing Academy, head epée coach

1989 - 1999    Jerusalem, Israel

Israeli National Team Member

Israeli National Team Coach

Developed 6 Israeli National Champions.

  • 1993-1999 Senior Coach, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

  • 1994-1999 Israeli National Team Coach

  • 1998 Wingate Sport Institute School of Coaching, Natanya, Israel

  • 1998 inducted in the Cosell Sports Hall of Fame, Jerusalem, Israel

  • 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Israeli National Fencing Champion

  • 1990, 1992 World Championships participant

  • 1991, 1993 World University Games participant

  • 1991-1994 participant of numerous World Cup tournaments 

  • 1992 Open International Tournament, Osnabrück, Germany, Gold Medal

1981 - 1989    Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Leningrad Fencing Team and USSR National Fencing Teams; winner of several regional and national fencing championships 

  • 1982 recipient of the  USSR "Master of Sports" award

 

International coaching achievements:

 

Francesca Bassa:

Gold Medal – 2010 Junior Pan American Championships/Teams, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Silver Medal – 2010 Junior Pan American Championships, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Silver Medal -
2009 Junior World Cup, Helsinki, Finland

Bronze Medal – 2010 Pan American Championships/Teams, San Jose, Costa Rico

Bronze Medal - 2009 Junior World Championships/Teams, Belfast, Ireland

6th place - 2010 Junior world Cup, Burgos, Spain

6th place - 2009 Junior World Cup, Montreal, Canada

8th place, 2004 Cadet "A" International Tournament in Heidenheim, Germany

Jack Hudson

Silver Medal - 2010 European Cadet Circuit, Chalons, France

6th Place – 2011 Junior World Cup, Gothenburg, Sweden

6th place - 2009  European Cadet Circuit, Modling, Austria

8th Place – 2011 European Cadet Circuit, Gothenburg, Sweden

10th Place - 2011 Junior World Championships, Dead Sea, Jordan

2009 British National Cadet & Junior Champion

2008, 2007 British National Youth Champion

Anna Van Brummen:

5th Place - 2011 Cadet world Championships, Dead Sea, Jordan

8th Place - 2011 Junior World Championships, Dead Sea, Jordan

6th Place – 2011 Junior World Cup, Gothenburg, Sweden
8th Place – 2011 European Cadet Circuit, Gothenburg, Sweden

Alexandra Shklar:

1999 Junior World Cup in Burgos, Spain - Bronze Medal

1998 Cadet World Championships in Caracas, Venezuela - Bronze Medal

Dina Bazarbayeva:

Bronze Medal - 2008 Junior World Cup, Tauberbishofheim, Germany

8th Place - 2008 Junior World Cup, Helsinki, Finland

Yael Gerchikov:

2000 Junior World Cup in Ashkelon, Israel - Gold Medal

2000 Junior World Cup in Barcelona, Spain - Silver Medal

2000-2001 Junior World Cup ranking - 7th place

Michal Leiman:

1997 Cadet International Tournament in Bratislava, Slovakia - 6th place

Zhanna Risin:

1995 Cadet International Tournament in Munich, Germany - Bronze Medal

 

 

 

 

 

SERGEY DANILOV

Epee Coach - youth, juniors, adults

Armorer

 

 

2010 - present  Houston, TX

  • Alliance Fencing Academy, epee coach, armorer

2007 - 2010 Columbus, OH

  • Fencing Alliance of Ohio, youth epee coach

1997 - 2007 St. Petersburg, Russia

Russian cadet/junior national team member

  • Youth fencing club, Head Coach

  • 1999 Recipient of Master of Sport of Russia

  • 1999-2005 National University of Physical Education, St. Petersburg, Russia, MD in sports and physical education

  • 1997 Russian National Champion/cadets

  • 1999 Russian National Championships/juniors, silver medal

  • 2002 Russian National Championships/seniors, silver medal

  • Participated in numerous international events and world cups
     

 

 

SABINA CHERNIS

Foil Coach - youth, juniors, adults

Epee Assistant Coach

 

2001 - present  Houston, TX

  • 2004-present Alliance Fencing Academy, foil coach

  • 2001-2004 Salle Mauro Fencing Academy, foil coach

1994-2001  Almaty, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan National Team Member

  • 1994,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000 Kazakhstan National Fencing Champion

  • 1999 III Central Asian Games Champion, Kyrgyzstan

  • 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999 World Championships and World Cup tournaments participants

  • 1998 participated in 13th Asian Games, Bangkok

  • 1997 II Central Asian Games Champion, Almaty, Kazakhstan

  • 1992-1996 graduated from Kazakh Institute of Physical Education

  • 1989 recipient of the USSR “Master of Sport” award

 

 

 

 

BENOIT BOUYSSET

Epee Coach - youth, juniors, adults

Foil Coach - youth, juniors, adults

 

2010 - present  Houston, TX

  • Alliance Fencing Academy, epee & foil coach

1997 - 2010   Castres, France

Three-Times Fencing Masters World Champion

Master of Arms Degree - 2nd Level Fencing

Fourteen years of coaching experience

  • Maître Benoît Bouysset is a three-time world champion fencing master and an internationally recognized coach and instructor

  • He served as head coach and director for the fencing clubs of Castres and Revel in the southwest of France for more than 13 years. There he taught recreational and competitive fencing to over 150 fencers

  • Maître Bouysset earned his Master of Arms degree at the prestigious Centre National de Formation à l’Escrime in Chatenay Malabry (Paris), France. He was class valedictorian

  • Maître Bouysset is also the organizer and head coach of several annual fencing camps both in France and the United States

  • He is a member of France’s Fencing Federation (FFE) and a board member of the Arms Academy of France (AAF).

     

 

 

 

SUZETTE WHEELER

Youth/Junior assistant coach/fencer

 

1999 - present    The Woodlands, TX

 

Started taking fencing classes in 1999 from Andrey Geva

Participated in numerous North American Cup and US National tournaments

  • 8 place - 2007 Summer National Championships, Miami, FL

 

 

 

 

 

Bethlehem Witte

Youth/Junior assistant coach/fencer

 

 

2001 - present    The Woodlands, TX

 

 

Started taking fencing classes in 2001 from Bill Trapani and then from Andrey Geva

Participated in numerous North American Cup and US National tournaments

Participated in 2004 Junior World Cup in Louisville, KY

  • 6 medals total in US national and North American Cup competitions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lewis Weiss

Youth assistant coach/fencer

 

2004 - present  Houston , TX

 

Started taking fencing classes in 2004 from Sabina Bazarbayeva and Alex Sintchinov, and then, in 2008 from Andrey Geva

Participated in numerous North American Cup, US national and World Cup international tournaments

  • US National Team member - 2009-present

  • Bronze Medal - 2011 Junior Olympic Championships/cadets, Dallas, TX

  • 7th Place - 2010 North American Cup/cadets, Milwaukee, CI

  • 8th Place - 2010 Summer National Championships/juniors, Atlanta, GA

  • Bronze Medal - 2008 North American Cup, Youth-14, Portland, OR

  • Bronze Medal - 2005 Summer National Championships, Youth-10, Sacramento, CA

  • 18 place - 2010  European Cadet Circuit, Goteborg, Sweden

 

 

Scott Wiley

Youth assistant coach/fencer

2006 - present  Houston , TX

 

Started taking fencing classes in 2006 from Kevin O'Neil, and then, in 2007 from Andrey Geva

Participated in numerous North American Cup, US national and World Cup international tournaments

  • US National Team member - 2009-present

  • Gold Medal - 2009 North American Cup/cadets

  • Bronze Medal - 2011 North American Cup/juniors, Dallas, TX

  • 6th Place - 2011 Junior Olympics Championships/juniors, Dallas, TX

  • 7th Place - 2009 North American Cup/cadets

  • Top 32 - 2009 European Cadet Circuit, France

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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