Nazlymov Fencing was established in January of 2018 by a husband and wife team – Vitali Nazlymov and Zheng Wang. Since 2016, Vitali has been coaching Intro to Fencing after-school program at Sidwell Friends. In 2017, he introduced the program to Norwood School and agreed to offer similar classes at Washington International School and Georgetown Day School. It became clear that it was time to turn the project into a stand-alone business. In April 2018, Vladimir Nazlymov, Head Coach of Ohio State Varsity Fencing upon his team’s disappointing (to him) 3rd place finish at the 2018 NCAA Finals, decided to retire and join his children and grandchildren. Vladimir, 3-time Olympic Champion and former Captain of both USSR and USA National teams, founded Nazlymov Fencing Foundation in May of 2018. In one year, the program introduced 200 children to this new “it” Olympic sport via after-school classes and summer camps, like the one below