Marat Israelian
Head Coach · Épée
Israelian became Yale head coach in April 2022 after serving as assistant and interim head coach. At St. John's, he won NCAA épée titles in 2010 and 2011.
Source checked: 2026-10-25United States · New Haven, CT
Yale University
Fencing programs
Yale University 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
Aliaksei Likhacheuski
Assistant Coach · Sabre
Likhacheuski joined Yale in September 2023 to coach sabre. A Belarusian Olympian at London 2012, he has extensive European and World Championship competition experience.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Slava Grigoriev
Assistant Coach · Foil
Grigoriev joined Yale in September 2024 as a foil coach. A two-time Olympian and World Cup medallist, he has developed world, continental, NCAA and Ivy champions.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Oksana Samorodova
Assistant Coach · Épée
Samorodova joined Yale in February 2026 to coach épée and assist with logistics. Previously at Alamo Fencing Academy, she earned All-America honours while attending Penn State.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Mohamed Essam
Assistant Coach · Foil
Essam joined Yale before 2025–26, working with foil. He represented Egypt at the 2016 and 2024 Olympics and contributed to nine African men's team foil titles.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Yale University Men's Fencing
- Team
- Men
- Division / system
- I
- Weapons
- Foil · Épée · Sabre
- Source checked
- 2026-10-22
Program classification checked against an official source.
Coaching staff
Marat Israelian
Head Coach · Épée
Israelian became Yale head coach in April 2022 after serving as assistant and interim head coach. At St. John's, he won NCAA épée titles in 2010 and 2011.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Aliaksei Likhacheuski
Assistant Coach · Sabre
Likhacheuski joined Yale in September 2023 to coach sabre. A Belarusian Olympian at London 2012, he has extensive European and World Championship competition experience.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Slava Grigoriev
Assistant Coach · Foil
Grigoriev joined Yale in September 2024 as a foil coach. A two-time Olympian and World Cup medallist, he has developed world, continental, NCAA and Ivy champions.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Oksana Samorodova
Assistant Coach · Épée
Samorodova joined Yale in February 2026 to coach épée and assist with logistics. Previously at Alamo Fencing Academy, she earned All-America honours while attending Penn State.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Mohamed Essam
Assistant Coach · Foil
Essam joined Yale before 2025–26, working with foil. He represented Egypt at the 2016 and 2024 Olympics and contributed to nine African men's team foil titles.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Admissions & cost snapshot
College Raptor · data labelled 2023–2024 · reviewed 25 October 2026
- Overall acceptance rate
- 4.75%
- Reported SAT range
- 1,470 – 1,570
- Average net price (USD)
- US$22,408
- Reported median starting salary (USD)
- US$81,765
- Reported fencing revenue (USD)
- US$469,250
Historical university-wide figures, not athlete admissions odds or a personal aid offer. SAT ranges are not minimum requirements. Program revenue is not profit or a scholarship budget.
Read the data source ↗Facilities & fencing equipment
Fencing Salon, seventh floor, Payne Whitney Gymnasium
- Location
- Fencing Salon, seventh floor, Payne Whitney Gymnasium
- Strips
- 10
- Documented equipment
- Automatic / electric scoring confirmed
- Source checked
- 2026-10-22
Official page confirms 10 electric strips for practice and competition, with viewing deck. Ivy championship host does not prove the tournament will use this particular room.
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
- Official USA Fencing Current NCAA Programs index; includes future launches. School athletics homepages without a fetched fencing-specific page are not independently verified. ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
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