PentaFencingClub.com
About PentaFencingClub.com
Penta Fencing Club, headed by Olympic medalist Vaho Iagorashvili, is north of Boston in Wilmington, MA. The club specializes in fencing epee. Our eight-strip salle is 12-month climate controlled and has tall ceilings, bright lights and windows. Vaho Iagorashvili http://pentafencingclub.com/Coaches.html Vaho, a native of Tbilisi, Georgia, is a three-time Olympic Pentathlete and a twelve-time World Championship medalist. At the 2004 Olympics, he was the oldest athlete ever to compete in the grueling five-event sport. At 40, Vaho still managed to come in ninth. In 1988 he won the bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in Seoul. He has also competed in two Goodwill Games, earning medals three times and the gold in 1986. In 2003, he won the gold yet again at the Pan American Games. Aside from competing, Vaho’s achievements include coaching three US Pentathlon teams, training athletes in running, swimming, shooting, riding, and, of course, fencing. From 2001 to 2003, he served as the team’s Director of Recruitment, seeking potential Olympic athletes for the sport. Vaho has also worked as a physical education instructor, a vocation in which he holds a Master’s degree from the Georgia Institute of Physical Cultures and Sport in the Republic of Georgia. More recently, Vaho began coaching epee at the club level. He enjoys teaching fencers of all ages, having had students from six to sixty. Click here to see a list of Vaho's medals!
