Iosif Vitebskiy

Iosif Vitebskiy

Personal information
Born	(1938-01-09) 9 January 1938 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Men's fencing Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games Mexico City 1968 Team épée

Iosif Davidovich Vitebskiy (Russian: Иосиф Давидович Витебский; born January 9, 1938, in Kiev) is a former Soviet Ukrainian fencer, and current US fencing coach.

Early life and fencing career

Vitebskiy attended Kiev State University, where he studied physical culture and sport.

During his fencing career, Vitebskiy trained at Dynamo in Kiev. He was a member of the Soviet Union and Ukrainian national teams, and won 19 medals in national championships, including 10 gold. He won several tournaments in Europe and Soviet Union, and won in the team event at the World Championships in 1967, 1968, and 1969. He also won a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Vitebskiy won the Veteran 60 Men’s Épée category at the Summer National Championships in Charlotte, N.C. in 1999.

Coaching

He was head coach of the Ukraine Republic National Team for 13 years, and then served for 10 years (1988–98) as the Director of the school for high sport achievements at the State University of Ukraine. He served for 10 years as an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania.

Personal life

Vitebskiy and his wife, Emma have two sons, Dmitriy and Alex.

See also

• List of select Jewish fencers