Michael Aufrichtig
Head Coach
Aufrichtig became Columbia's head coach in June 2011. A 1994 NYU graduate in marketing and business, he previously directed the New York Athletic Club fencing program.
Source checked: 2026-10-25United States · New York, NY
Barnard College
Columbia-Barnard is one fencing program and one shared facility.
Fencing programs
Barnard College Women's Fencing
- Team
- Women
- Division / system
- I
- Weapons
- Foil · Épée · Sabre
- Source checked
- 2026-10-22
Program classification checked against an official source.
Coaching staff
Gidon Retzkin
Assistant Coach (Foil) · Foil
Retzkin joined Columbia in December 2019. The founder of East Coast Fencing Club in Roslyn previously coached at North Shore Fencers Club and 5T Fencers Club.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Sara Vicenzin
Assistant Coach (Sabre) · Sabre
Vicenzin joined Columbia in October 2024. She co-leads Advance Fencing & Fitness Academy and has coached Olympians including Michela Battiston, Khalil Thompson and Shaul Gordon.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Guillermo Madrigal Sardinas
Assistant Coach (Épée) · Épée
Madrigal Sardinas joined Columbia in October 2024 after two years at NYU. The former Cuban international also coached Cuba's national team and served as Puerto Rico's national coach.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Admissions & cost snapshot
Comparable admissions and cost figures have not yet been verified for this institution. Use the country guide and official university sources.
Facilities & fencing equipment
Columbia Fencing Room, Dodge Fitness Center
- Location
- Columbia Fencing Room, Dodge Fitness Center
- Strips
- Not verified
- Documented equipment
- Not specified in the reviewed source
- Source checked
- 2026-10-22
Columbia-Barnard athletic consortium; do not count a second independent facility.
View official facility description / available photographs ↗Facility records describe published use. Camp access, rental, dormitory availability, catering and transfers require a separate university agreement; none is implied here.
Connected competitions
Official sources
- Columbia University-Barnard College is one listed fencing program, not two independent teams. ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
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- Official program classification source ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
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