Greg Massialas Biography
Gregory David M*ialas (born May 20, 1956) is an American foil fencer and fencing coach.
Career
A reserve for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he was set to make his Olympic début at the Moscow Games in 1980, but did not compete due to the 66-team boycott of the games. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal the same year. He competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.
He is the founder and head coach of the M*ialas Foundation (MTEAM), a fencing club in San Francisco. Since 2012 he is the national coach of the United States senior foil team, which includes his own son Alexander. He brought the club to a No.1 world ranking, with each of its four members ranking individually in the Top 10 and Miles Chamley-Watson winning the 2013 World Fencing Championships. M*ialas' daughter Sabrina, now a senior, is also a high-level foil fencer.
See also
- List of USFA Division I National Champions
References
External links
- Greg M*ialas at Olympedia
- the M*ialas Foundation official website
