Yury Gelman
| Yury Gelman | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 13, 1955 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Residence | Brooklyn, New York |
| Sport | |
| Country | United States |
| Former country | Soviet Union |
| Weapon | Saber |
| Hand | Right |
| Club | Manhattan Fencing Center |
Yury Gelman (born October 13, 1955) is a Ukrainian-born American fencing coach. He is seven-time Olympic fencing coach for the United States, who has coached Team USA in the 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, 2016 Rio, 2020 Tokyo, and 2024 Paris Olympics, and US National Men's Saber Coach. Through July 2024, he had coached 19 fencers who became Olympians, six of whom won Olympic medals. Gelman also served as coach of the Ukrainian Fencing Team from 1987 to 1991.
He has also served as Head Fencing Coach for St. John's University for three decades, during which time he has coached 26 NCAA individual champions, and 140 All-Americans. The team won the 2001 NCAA Fencing Championship. Gelman is the founder of the Manhattan Fencing Center in New York City and in Englewood, New Jersey.