Gregory David Massialas (born May 20, 1956) is an American

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fencer and fencing coach.

Career

A reserve for the

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in Montreal, he was set to make his Olympic début at the Moscow Games in 1980, but was prevented from doing so by the American government's decision to boycott the games. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a

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many years later. He competed at the

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and

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. He is the founder and head coach of the Massialas Foundation (MTEAM), a fencing club in San Francisco. Since 2012 he is the national coach of the United States senior foil team, which includes his own son

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. He brought the club to a No.1 world ranking, with each of its four members ranking individually in the Top 10 and

Miles Chamley-Watson Miles Chamley-Watson, (born December 3, 1989) is a British-born American right-handed foil fencer, 11-time team Pan American champion, 2019 team world champion, 2013 individual world champion, two-time Olympian, and 2016 team Olympic bronze m ...

winning the

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. Massialas' daughter

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, now a senior, is also a high-level foil fencer.

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the Massialas Foundation
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Massialas, Greg 1956 births Living people American male foil fencers American fencing coaches American people of Greek descent Olympic fencers of the United States Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Cornell University alumni San Jose State University alumni Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Congressional Gold Medal recipients Fencers at the 1979 Pan American Games Fencers at the 1983 Pan American Games Fencers at the 1987 Pan American Games

Career

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