Edward Korfanty is a Polish-born American fencing master, United States. National Women"s saber coach, Olympic saber coach, and a former Men"s Veterans Saber World Champion.
Education
Editor Korfanty earned his fencing master diploma at the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Poland, under the tutelage of Zbigniew Czajkowski. He is also certified as a fencing master by the United States. Coaches Association and the Academie d"Armes Internationale.
Career
He took second place individual three times in the Polish national championships and was team captain of the winning team four times. He was an alternate for one of the Olympic Games, but did not fence. He became head coach at the Polish Olympic Center in Katowice in 1984.
Korfanty moved to the University of Notre Dame in the United States. in 1990 as assistant fencing coach, and also coached at the Indiana Academy until 1993.
During his tenure at Notre Dame, he coached Canadian fencer Leszek Nowosielski (who was attending Notre Dame) to represent Canada at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. The change shortened the time in which the second light could fire (close out time) from 300 milliseconds to 120 milliseconds, 180 milliseconds faster than the previous rule.
The change was implemented in October 2004, immediately following the Athens Olympics. In 2005 Korfanty"s students made up 75% of the United States. Division.
1 National Women"s Saber Team (consisting of Zagunis, Ward, and Thompson - fourth team member Sada Jacobson is from another club).
Korfanty currently resides in Portland, Oregon, where he is the head coach of the Oregon Alliance and the United States. Women"s National Saber Training Center.
Achievements
Membership
Korfanty was a member of the Polish national fencing team from 1972 to 1984. In October 2003, as a member of the Foundation for International Education ad hoc committee on saber fencing, Korfanty spearheaded the change with the International Federation (Foundation for International Education) in the timing in which the lights for recording a touch fired.