Simon & Irene Gershon
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Master Coaches
isgershons@gmail.com
Simon: 917-406-9821 Irene: 917-450-2168
Formerly a coach of both the Ukrainian Men’s and Women’s Foil Squad and the Soviet Union Women’s Foil Team (Gold Medalists at the 1986 World Championships), Simon Gershon continues to develop students who achieve international results, including 2012 Olympians Miles Chamley-Watson and Nicole Ross. Gershon earned his Masters degree in fencing from the Kiev Institute of Physical Education. He was also a coach at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, and has served as the US National Men’s Foil Coach.
Irene Gershon, a former Regional and Collegiate Coach in Ukraine and assistant coach at St. John’s University, received her degree in fencing with high honors from the Kiev Institute of Physical Education. Working closely with her husband Simon, she supervises several youth developmental groups in addition to training many top men and women foilists at Fencers Club, including 2012 Olympians Miles Chamley-Watson and Nicole Ross. Miles was also the first US man to win an individual foil World Championship in 2013.
Senior World Championships OLYMPIC GAMES
2013 Miles Chamley-Watson GOLD medal individual 1996 Peter Divine
SILVER medal team 2004 Daniel Kellner
Jed Dupree
2010 Miles Chamley-Watson 5th place Jonathan Tiomkin
2012 Miles Chamley- Watson
Junior World Championships Nicole Ross
2013 Sara Taffel SILVER team
2008 Nicole Ross GOLD team
2009 Miles Chamley-Watson SILVER team
2008 Miles Chamley-Watson GOLD team
Cadet World Championships
2012 Sara Taffel SILVER medal individual
World Cups
2010 Miles Chamley-Watson Bronze St. Petersburg
2005 Jon Tiomkin BRONZE ind Shanghai
2003 Daniel Kellner SILVER ind Venezuela
Daniel Kellner BRONZE ind Paris
Jed Dupree Bronze ind La Coruna
Junior World Cups
Bagley Wright BRONZE Spain
NCAA Championships
2010 Nicole Ross Gold ind
2002 Jonathan Tiomkin SILVER ind
2001 Jed Dupree GOLD ind
Pan-American Games
2013 Miles Chamley-Watson GOLD team
Bronze ind
2012 Miles Chamley Watson GOLD team
2011 Miles Chamley-Watson GOLD team
2009 Miles Chamley Watson GOLD team
2008 Miles Chamley-Watson GOLD team
2003 Daniel Kellner GOLD ind
GOLD team
Jon Tiomkin BRONZE ind
European Foil Cups
2012 Sara Taffel BRONZE medal Italy
2012 James Sands SILVER ind Italy
BRONZE ind Germany
2011 Sara Taffel GOLD ind Germany
National Championships
2005 Jed Dupree GOLD ind
2004 Dan Kellner GOLD ind
2003 Jon Tiomkin GOLD ind
2002 Jed Dupree GOLD ind
2000 Dan Kellner SILVER ind
1998 Dan Kellner SIVER ind
1997 Dan Kellner SILVER ind