St. John's Red Storm fencing

St. John's Red Storm fencing
First season	1934
Head coach	Yury Gelman 30th season, –
Home stadium	Taffner Field House
Location	Jamaica, Queens
League	Independent
National Titles	1 (2001)
Mascot	Johnny the Thunderbird

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.

Olympians

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

Year Player/Coach Country Location Event 2000 Yury Gelman  United States (USA) Sydney Saber coach 2004  United States (USA) Athens Saber coach 2008  United States (USA) Beijing Saber coach 2012  United States (USA) London Saber coach 2016  United States (USA) Rio Saber coach 2024  United States (USA) Paris Saber coach 2012 Daryl Homer  United States (USA) London 6th Place Men's Individual Saber 2016  United States (USA) Rio Men's Individual Saber 2020  United States (USA) Tokyo 23rd Place Men's Individual Saber 2004 Ivan Lee  United States (USA) Athens 12th Place Men's Individual Saber 2000 Keeth Smart  United States (USA) Sydney 30th Place Men's Individual Saber 2004  United States (USA) Athens 15th Place Men's Individual Saber 2008  United States (USA) Beijing 6th Place Men's Individual Saber Men's Team Saber 2020 Curtis McDowald  United States (USA) Tokyo 24th Place Men's Individual Epee 2000 Arlene Stevens  United States (USA) Sydney 32nd Place Women's Individual Epee 2004 Jonathan Tiomkin  United States (USA) Athens 30th Place Men's Individual Foil 2008 Dagmara Wozniak  United States (USA) Beijing Women's Individual Saber 2012  United States (USA) London 8th Place Women's Individual Saber 2016  United States (USA) Rio 24th Place Women's Individual Saber Women's Team Saber 2020  United States (USA) Tokyo 25th Place Women's Individual Saber

Year-by-year results

Men's Fencing

Year	Wins	Losses	Pct.	NCAA Tournament
2004-2005	9	2	(.818)	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

Women's Fencing

Year	Wins	Losses	Pct.	NCAA Tournament
2004-2005	8	3	(.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

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