Alexander Abend
Alexander Abend
Epee Coach
  • Over 20 years of experience coaching elite epee fencers
  • Former USSR Junior National Team member with significant national and international results
  • Consistently ranked in the top 6 in U.S. Men’s Epee in 2008, competing for a spot in the Beijing Olympics
  • Winner of a Division I North American Cup (NAC) and multiple-time Division I NAC finalist
  • Two-time USA National Champion with the NYAC Team
  • Head Coach of the NYAC Junior Epee Program (2004-2008), training top-ranked cadet and junior fencers
  • Coached Audrey Abend, 2012 Junior Olympic Champion and Junior/Cadet National Team member, who helped secure a team bronze at the 2012 Junior World Championships
  • Developed elite fencers including World Team and Junior World Team members such as Teddy Sherrill, Adam Watson, Lindsey Campbell, Cedric Mecke, and 2016 Olympian
  • Coached pentathlete Jess Davis (Savner) to multiple national titles and a 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualification
  • Currently coaching at North Shore Fencing Club