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Dariusz Gilman


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Dariusz Gilman is a former sabre fencer who represented Poland and earned a bronze medal from the 1998 World Fencing Championships. In the years since he has become an American citizen and fencing coach.

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Fencing career

Gilman began fencing when he was 10 years old, started competing internationally in his early teens, and continued competing for more than a decade. In 1991 he won both the European and World Championships in the Cadet (under 17) event. In 1992 he won the European Championships in the Junior (under 20) event. In 1998, he and the Polish sabre team took third in the team event at the World Championships. He was also a Polish national champion.

Coaching career

After retiring from professional fencing and moving to America, Gilman took over the sabre program at the DC Fencers Club in Silver Spring, Maryland, where he coached for over a decade. In 2013 he opened the Capital Fencing Academy in Rockville, Maryland. He has also worked with Ed Korfanty and the Penn State University elite sabre program. In all of his years coaching, Gilman has trained fencers who have become champions and medalists at World Cups, Junior Olympics, NCAA and USFA national competitions. He is certified as a fencing master with the US Fencing Coaches Association.

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Dariusz Gilman Wikipedia