Candidate for At-Large Director

• Coach at Front Range Fencing Club (Colorado)

• Referee

• Retired Head Coach and Associate Professor at United States Air Force Academy

• Former President, US Fencing Coaches Association

• Former Staff Member, US Fencing Coaches College

• Former Assistant Coach at University of Pennsylvania

• Founder and former Head Coach at Lone Star Fencing Club

• Founder and former Head Coach at Fairmont Park Fencing Center

• Former coach at NY Fencers Club

• Former coach at Bryn Mawr College

• Certified Fencing Master in epee, foil and saber

• Educated at University of Alexandria, Egypt

Abdel salem’s candidate statement

Abdel salem’s goals

• I have built extraordinarily strong relationships with fencers, coaches, parents, referees, and organizers. I will work hard to improve the interrelationships between these groups.

• Organize programs for each age/gender category that will help with athlete support from interested donors, both individuals and companies

• I want to increase tournament activities with presentations and staggered consolation tournaments that would be of interest to all groups. We can increase communication between referees, tournament staff, coaches, and parents. I would also like to increase feedback opportunities for these groups, so that we may improve US Fencing tournaments

• I want to continue the fight to stop abuse. We should work hard to protect all our members.

• I will work to establish leadership that will bring the US Fencing Coaches Association and USA Fencing working together towards the same goals, while meeting criteria from the US Olympic Committee.

• I want to provide solutions that align with best practices in governance and increase thinking around USA Fencing’s mission fulfillment

• As fencing makes its comeback from the closures of the coronavirus, we can improve fencing for everyone. I want to work for you, to make USA Fencing even better