Our Team
Anibal Alvear Head Coach
With over 25 years of fencing experience as both a professional fencer and a coach, Anibal moved to the United States in 2013. He is the owner and founder of South Brooklyn Fencing, Prior to his club's opening, Anibal worked as a coach at other club in Brooklyn (2013-2016) and worked in clubs in Princeton, New Jersey also Campobasso, Italy . As a club coach for the past 12 years, his students have won numerous competitions in national and international tournaments, Anibal is also a FIE certified referee since 2014 the higher level that can be obtained.
Anibalโs experience as a coach is reflected in the success of his students in national and international competitions, including medallist at numerous National and International Competitions
STUDENTS RESULTS
INTERNATIONAL RESULTS
Sebastian Garcia๐ฅ BRONZE - Panamerican Games Junior 2025 Asuncion, Paraguay ๐ต๐พ
Sara Amr Hossny Olympian - Paris 2024 ๐ซ๐ท (the youngest fencer ever to participate in fencing)
Sara Amr Hossny 6th place - World Championship CADET 2024 - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ๐ธ๐ฆ
Sara Amr Hossny 13th place - world Championship JUNIOR 2024 - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ๐ธ๐ฆ
Sara Amr Hossny ๐ฅ BRONZE - EUROPEAN CADET CIRCUIT - BUDAPEST 2023 ๐ญ๐บ
Natalie Joo๐ฅ BRONZE - EUROPEAN U-13 Challenge Wratislavia - Wratislavia, POLAND 2023 ๐ต๐ฑ
NATIONAL MEDALS
Sara Amr Hossny๐ฅ GOLD / Y10 North American Cup - Texas 2021 ๐บ๐ธ
Sara Amr Hossny๐ฅ SILVER / Y12 North American Cup - texas 2021 ๐บ๐ธ
Sara Amr Hossny๐ฅ GOLD / Y10 National Championship - Philadephia 2021 ๐บ๐ธ
Sara Amr Hossny๐ฅ SILVER / Y12 North American Cup - Richmond 2022 ๐บ๐ธ
Sara Amr Hossny๐ฅ GOLD / Y12 National Championship - Minneapolis 2022 ๐บ๐ธ
Sara Amr Hossny๐ฅ SILVER / Y14 National Championship - Minneapolis 2022 ๐บ๐ธ
Sara Amr Hossny๐ฅ GOLD / Y12 North American Cup - Texas 2023 ๐บ๐ธ
Sara Amr Hossny๐ฅ TOP-8 / CADET North American Cup - Texas 2023 ๐บ๐ธ
Sara Amr Hossny๐ฅ GOLD / Y12 National Championship - Phoenix 2023 ๐บ๐ธ
Sara Amr Hossny๐ฅ GOLD / Y14 National Championship - Phoenix 2023 ๐บ๐ธ
Sara Amr Hossny๐ฅ GOLD / JUNIOR Egyptian Championship - Cairo 2023 ๐ช๐ฌ
Sara Amr Hossny๐ฅ GOLD / SENIOR Egyptian Championship - Cairo 2023 ๐ช๐ฌ
Emily Cascone ๐ฅ TOP-8 / Y14 North American Cup - Kentucky 2024 ๐บ๐ธ
Sebastian Garcia ๐ฅGOLD / Puerto Rico Championship JUNIOR 2024 ๐ต๐ท
Sebastian Garcia ๐ฅBRONZE / Puerto Rico Championship SENIOR 2024 ๐ต๐ท
Natalie Joo ๐ฅ SILVER / Y10 North American Cup - Richmond 2022 ๐บ๐ธ
Ed Elterman Coach
A top foil coach and 1969 Junior Champion of the former U.S.S.R., Edward Elterman has been an assistant coach with the New York University menโs and womenโs fencing programs since the 1991-92 season.
Over his first 29 seasons at NYU, Elterman has been a key member of eight UAA Coaching Staff of the Year award winners and has helped lead the Violets to top-25 national finishes every season.
Elterman helped guide the combined menโs and womenโs squads to an 11th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 2016-17, which was the highest finish among all Division III programs and the best overall finish for NYU at the national event since 2005 (ninth place).
A 1976 graduate of the Polytechnic Institute of Minsk, Belarus, Elterman earned a masterโs degree in mechanical engineering. He also graduated from Minskโs School of Coaching in 1978.
Since moving to the United States in 1989, Elterman has coached at the New York Fencers Club & NYU, where he has built a strong foil program. Many of his students are nationally ranked.
Elterman is a native of Belarus and resides in Brooklyn, NY.
Owen Cozine Coach
Pending