Coaches

Oleg Brusilovsky

Foil Coach

Phone: 718-614-0437

Oleg is a foil coach and master with 40 years of fencing experience. He has a masters degree in physical education and Fencing from Kiev Institute of physical culture. Oleg is the former Soviet Union medalist and five time Ukrainian national champion and Soviet Union Junior champion.

He has represented Ukraine and the Soviet Union in the world championship and many international tournaments over his 15 years as a Fencer.

Oleg has worked at Fencing Academy of Westchester, where several of his students have become national champions (Sylvie Binder national champion Y12, Leanna Semel Junior Olympic, second place and Madelon Rosenfeld veteran national champion and world finalist).

Prior to that he served as the foil coach at Blade Fencing Club in New York City, where he trained a member of the United States national foil national team.

Previous Experience

2013 – 2015: Foil coach at Cornell University

2017 – present: Foil coach at St. John’s University

Notable Students

Sylvia Binder – 2016 Cadet world champion

Zach Binder – Y10 nation national champion

Andas Németh – 2017 NCAA champion

Peter Brook – 2017 national bronze medalist

Katorzyna Lahmam – 2019 NCAA silver medalist 2021 Polish national champion, Top 16 World Cup Shanghai, and Algier

Cesar Colón – 2021, NCAA bronze medalist