Lotus Fencing Academy

Lotus Fencing Academy at Athletic Club Northeast trains both the serious competitor and the recreational athlete. Walid Mahran, the academy’s Head Coach, directs the training of our diverse group of fencers whose ages range from six to sixty, and whose skill level varies from first-time beginners to international athletes.

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Lotus Fencing Academy’s Medalists

Since 1998, Walid Mahran’s fencers have won dozens of national and international medals.

Veteran World Championship; Vienna, Austria; October 2012

  • Kristin Vine, Vet 50 WF

November 2012 North American Cup, Virginia Beach

  • VA, Alex Chiang, Bronze, U-19

January 2013 North American Cup, Louisville, KY

  • Alex Chiang, Finalist, U-19

Summer Nationals 2012, Anaheim, CA

  • Gold – Amber Axom – Div 1A Women’s Foil
  • Bronze – Craig Harkins – Vet40 Men’s Foil
  • Bronze – Kristin Vines – Vet50 Women’s Foil

March North American Cup 2012, Cincinatti, OH

  • Silver – Kristin Vines – Vet50 Women’s Foil
  • Bronze – Amber Axom – Div 2 Women’s Foil
  • Bronze – Amber Axom – Div 3 Women’s Foil

Summer Nationals 2011, Reno, NV

  • Gold – Craig Harkins – Vet40 Men’s Foil
  • Finalist – Madeleine Girardot – Div1A Women’s Foil

Summer Nationals 2010, Atlanta, GA

  • Gold – Alex Chiang – Div III men’s Epee
  • Silver – Alex Chiang – Div IA Men’s Foil
  • Bronze – Andrew Quattrociocchi – Veteran 40-49 Men’s Foil

Summer Nationals 2009, Grapevine, TX

  • Gold – Kristin A Vines – Veteran 40 Women’s Foil
  • Silver – Alex Chiang – Div IA Men’s Foil
  • Silver – Madeleine Girardot – Div II Women’s Foil
  • Bronze – Alex Chiang – Cadet/U16 Men’s Foil

Junior Olympic Championships 2009, Albuquerque, NM

  • Gold – Alex Chiang – Cadet/U16 Men’s Foil

Summer Nationals 2008, San Jose, CA

  • Finalist – V. Makeeva, S. Smith, L. Brown – Senior Women’s Foil team
  • Finalist – Kristin Vines – Veteran 40 Women’s Foil
  • Finalist – Tiffany Liu – Div III Women’s Foil

Summer Nationals 2007, Miami, FL

  • Silver – Div III Women’s saber – Princess Rashid
  • Bronze – Veteran 40 Women’s Foil – Kristin Vines
  • Finalist – S. Smith, V. Makeeva, M. Johnson – Junior Women’s Foil team
  • Finalist – S. Smith, V. Makeeva, M. Johnson – Senior Women’s Foil team
  • Finalist – Sarah Smith – Div IA Women’s Foil

Summer Nationals 2006, Atlanta, GA

  • Gold – Princess Rashid – Div III Women’s Epee
  • Silver – Sarah Smith – Div IA Women’s Foil
  • Silver – D. Kotlan, S. Smith, V. Makeeva, L. Brown – Women’s Foil team
  • Bronze – Sarah Smith – Div II Women’s Foil
  • Bronze – Leslie Brown – Div II Women’s Foil
  • Bronze – Morgan Johnson – Div III Women’s Foil
  • Bronze – Kristin Vines – Veteran 40 Women’s Foil
  • Finalist – Rocky Rothenberg – U19 Women’s Foil
  • Finalist – Alex Chiang – U12 Men’s Foil

Cadet World Cup in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany, 2005

Summer Nationals 2005, Sacramento, CA

  • Gold – Sarah Smith – Div 3 Women’s Foil
  • Gold – Kristin Vines – Vet 40 Women’s Foil
  • Bronze – Rocky Rothenberg – U16 Women’s Foil
  • Bronze – Rocky Rothenberg – Div 1A Women’s Foil
  • Bronze – Sarah Smith – Div 2 Women’s Foil
  • Finalist – Sarah Smith – Div 1A Women’s Foil

Summer Nationals 2004, Charlotte, NC,

  • Gold – Rocky Rothenberg – Div III Women’s Foil
  • Silver – Kristin Vines – Veteran Women’s Foil
  • Bronze – L. Brown, D. Kotlan, R. Rothenberg, S. Smith – Women’s Foil team
  • Bronze – Alex Chiang – Y-10 Men’s Foil
  • Finalist – Rocky Rothenberg – Div II Women’s Foil
  • Finalist – Princess Rashid – Div IA Women’s Foil
  • Finalist – Lauren Nethery – Div III Women’s Epee