Coaches

Dmitry Ronzhin

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Master Coach – Sabre

Email: difencing11@gmail.com
Phone: 347-863-7135

A native of Russia, Dmitry has been one of the world’s top sabre coaches for more than 30 years in a professional career spanning multiple continents. He is a two-time Olympic Coach and has coached both the Russian and Canadian Olympic Teams, in addition to coaching athletes at 19 Senior World Championships, 10 European Championships, 7 Pan-American Championships, and 5 Junior and Cadet World Championships.

Under his tutelage, Dmitry’s students have won 10 gold medals at Senior World Championships, 12 gold medals at European Championships and 6 gold medals at Pan-American Championships and Games.

Since moving to New York in 2012, Dmitry has had similar success with his American students, including medals at Senior, Junior, Cadet and Youth North American Cups, Pan-American Championships, World Championships and World Cups. Below is a list of some of his students’ accomplishments.

Notable Students

USA:

Geoffrey Loss (USA) – Two-time Member of the USA National Team, Three times Pan American Team Champion, Junior World Championships bronze medalist, Junior World Cups winner and medalist, Satellite World Cup winner

Benjamin Natanzon (USA) – Cadet World Championships 6 place, Cadet and Junior World Cups winner and medalist

Jonathan Fitzgerald (USA) – Junior Pan American Championship 7 place, Junior NACs medalist

Thomas Kolasa (USA) – Junior and Senior NACs medalist and finalist

Deniz Berkay (USA) – Satellite World Cup medalist   

Teddy Weller (US Virgin Islands) – 6 times World Championships participant, Satellite World Cup winner

RUSSIA:

Elena Nechaeva (Russia) – 4 times World Champion, 6 times European Champion

Natalia Makeeva (Russia) – 2 times World Champion, 3 times European Champion

Svetlana Kormilitsyna (Russia) – 2 times World Champion, 3 times European Champion, Junior World Champion

Ekaterina Fedorkina (Russia) – World Champion, 4 times European Champion, Junior World Champion

Irina Bazhenova (Russia) – 2 times World Champion, 3 times European Champion

Margarita Zhukova (Russia) – World Champion, Cadet World Champion, European Junior Champion

Alexey Ermolaev (Russia) – World Champion, Junior World Championships medalist

Alexander Miloserdov (Russia) – Two times Junior World Championships participant, Russian Champion

Dmitry Aibushev (Russia) – European Champion, Russian Champion

Victoria Kovaleva (Russia) – 2 times Junior World Cups winner, European Junior Championships silver and bronze medalist

CANADA:

Philippe Beaudry (Canada) – 2008 and 2012 Olympian, 2 times Pan American Games Champion, Pan American Championships silver and bronze medalist

Joseph Polossifakis (Canada) – Pan American Champion and medalist, Junior World Championships silver medalist, Pan American Games silver and bronze medalist

Vincent Couturier (Canada) – Pan American Champion and medalist, Junior World Championships silver medalist, Pan American Games silver medalist

Nicolas Mayer (Canada) – Pan American Championships silver and bronze medalist

Olga Ovtchinnikova (Canada) – 2008 Olympian. Pan American Championships silver and bronze medalist

Sandra Sassine (Canada) – 2008 and 2012 Olympian, Pan American Championships silver and bronze medalist