Coach team
Épée Coach
I、Personal information
Place of Birth: Jing County, Anhui Province, PR China
1994 March to end of 2001 -- China National Fencing Team Member;
2005 to 2008 -- Coach for China National Women's Épée Team;
2008 Sep. to Current -- Head Coach of Anhui Professional Men’s and Women's Épée Teams;
2008 Dec. -- Coach of China National Men's Épée Team;
2011 Apr 1 to 2014 Oct. -- Head Coach of China National Men's Épée Team;
2012 Dec. -- Achieved China National Level Advanced Coach Designation；
II. Personal Achievements
1998 - Third Place Team Men's Épée and Fifth Place Men's Épée Asian Games in Bangkok;
1999 -- Champion Team Men's Épée, Asia Fencing Championship in Nanjing, China;
2000 – Champion Finals of Men's Épée for Shanghai Championship China；
2001 Mar. – Second Place Team Men's Épée at Fencing World Cup Games in Columbia;
2006 -- Team Épée Champion of Fencing World Cup Games in France;
IV. Team Achievements when I was the Head Coach of China National Épée Team
2006 Mar 12 -- Team member Luo Xiao Jian won Women's Épée Champion at World Cup in Luxembourg;
2006 May 15 -- Team Member Zhong Wei Ping won Women's Épée Champion at the World Cup Competition in Nanjing China;
2006 Aug.20 -- My team won Women's Épée Champion at the World Fencing Championship Competition in Italy;
2006 Dec. 15 -- My team won Team Women's Épée Team Champion in Asia Games in Doha；
2007 Jan. 22 -- My team won Women's Épée Champion at the World Cup Fencing Games in Budapest, Hungary；
2007 Jan. 28 -- My team member Li Na won Women's Épée Champion of World Cup Series in Czechoslovakia；
2007 Feb. 10 -- My team won World Cup Games Women's Épée Team Champion in Italy;
2007 Apr. -- My team member Zhang Li won Women's Épée Champion at the World Cup Series in Greek;
2007 Aug. 22 -- My Team member Li Na won Women's Épée Champion and Women's Épée Team Champion at Asia Games;
2008 Feb. 10 -- My team, China National Women's Épée Team won Fencing World Cup Team Women's Épée Champion in Rome, Italy;
2008 Feb. 16 -- My team member Zhong Wei Ping won Fencing World Cup Champion in Spain;
2008 May 12 -- My team won Fencing World Cup Team Women's Épée Champion France;
2013 Jul -- My team member Dong Chao won Men's Épée Second Place in Universidad in Kashgar University， Russia；
ILIYA MECHKOV
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY International level Epee Coach with over 30 years of experience who has consistently developed National Medalists which have attended top US Universities. 1996 Olympian, six time National Champion, Balkan Games Silver Medalist, USA National Veteran Champion and Medalist. SKILLS Development of a complete Epee Fencer from beginner to USA National Medalist
WORK HISTORY Epee Coach | Boston Fencing Club - Boston, MA 07/2020 - CURRENT
Head Epee Coach | Bay State Fencers - Summerville, 01/2015 - 07/2020 MA
Epee Coach | Olympia Fencing Center - Cambridge, 02/2014 - 01/2015 MA
Epee Coach | Windy City Fencing - Chicago, IL 09/2009 - 02/2014
Head Epee Coach | Fayetteville Fencing Club - 08/2007 - 09/2009 Fayetteville, AR
Head Epee Coach | Bulgarian National Junior Team - 12/2004 - 07/2007 Sofia, Bulgaria
National Team Epeeist | Bulgarian Fencing 12/1988 - 12/2002 Federation - Sofia, Bulgaria
EDUCATION New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria 06/2005
BBA: Advertising And Marketing
Hudson Rowland
Epee Instructor & Coach
USFA Coach, Safesport Certified
Fencing Experience
2006-2010 National Competitive Fencer
Fencing Academy of Westchester (Hawthorne, New York) and
Empire United Fencing Club (New York City)
-- Coached by Alexey Cheremensky (coached U.S. Olympics Epee Team)
2010-2014 Fencing Team Member & Assistant Coach
Boston University Fencing Team
-- Awarded Epee “A” Rank (2011)
-- Summer Fencing Instructor & Counselor, Camp Cohut (Oxford, Maine)
2015-2017 Student of 陳秀輝
Kaohsiung, Taiwan Fencing Club
2017-2020 Coach
Boston Latin School Fencing Team
2018-2020 Assistant Coach
Boston University Fencing Team
2017-present Epee Instructor
Moe Fencing Club (Somerville, Massachusetts)
2020-present Epee Instructor
Cavalier Fencing Club (Waltham, Massachusetts)
Education
Boston University, College of Arts & Sciences, B.A. 2014 (History major, East Asian Studies minor)
Languages
English (primary)
Chinese/Mandarin
Japanese
French