Vasil Etropolski (born 18 March 1959) is a Bulgarian fencer and fencing coach. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics.[3] He also won the 1983 sabre world championship.[4] He is the twin brother of Khristo Etropolski, who also fenced for Bulgaria at the 1980 and 1988 Olympics.[5]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Васил Михайлов•Етрополски[1] |
| Full name | Vasil Mihaylov•Etropolski[1] |
| Born | 18 March 1959 Sofia, Bulgaria[1] |
| Employer | New York Athletic Club[2] |
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
| Event | Sabre |
| Achievements and titles | |
| World finals | 1983 sabre world champion |
At the New York Athletic Club he coached Stephen Kovacs, a sabre fencer who in 1989 won the United States Fencing Association (USFA) Under-17 saber championship, and in 1990 won the USFA Under-20 (Junior) saber championship.[6][7][8] Kovacs later became a fencing coach, was charged with the sexual assault of two of his students, and died in prison in 2022.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Olympedia – Vasil Etropolski". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ "Luke La Valle Tribute: Notre Dame Mourns The Passing Of A Fencing Great". Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Official Athletics Website. 19 January 2009.
- ^ "Vasil Etropolski Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ "Bulgarian Wins In World Fencing". The New York Times. 25 July 1983.
- ^ "Vassil Etropolski gave Bulgaria its first World Fencing Championship..." UPI.
- ^ Bornstein, Arnold (5 June 1994). "En Garde! Father-and-Son Fencing". The New York Times.
- ^ "Under-I7 Men's Saber", American Fencing, p. 24, March/April/May 1989.
- ^ "Winners of Individual and Team Championships". The New York Times. 30 December 1990. p. 4 S.
- ^ Cecilia Levine (19 January 2022). "NJ Fencing Coach Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 2 Teens Dies In Jail: Report". Somerset Daily Voice.
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