Michel Sebastiani

Michel Sebastiani
Biographical details
BornNovember 1937
France
Alma materFrench National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance (INSEP)
Playing career
1959-60French National Modern Pentathlon Team
Position(s)Modern pentathlete and fencer
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1963–70Cornell University (Fencing)
1970–71New York University (Fencing)
1971–77Brooklyn College (Fencing)
1982–2006Princeton University (Fencing)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards

Michel Sebastiani (born November 1937) is a French fencing master. He earned his Maîtrise d'Escrime degree from Ecole Superieure d’Escrime in Paris. Sebastiani then coached fencing at Cornell University, New York University, Brooklyn College, and Princeton University. He was an Olympic coach for Team USA. He twice won the U.S. Fencing Coaches Association's Schreff Award, given yearly to the most outstanding college fencing coach of the year. Sebastiani was inducted into the U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame in 2015.