(1959-03-18) 18 March 1959 (age 65) Sofia, Bulgaria[1]
Employer
New York Athletic Club[2]
Height
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Sport
Sport
Fencing
Event
Sabre
Achievements and titles
World finals
1983 sabre world champion
Vasil Etropolski (born 18 March 1959) is a Bulgarian fencer and fencing coach. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics.[3] He also won the 1983 sabre world championship.[4] He is the twin brother of Khristo Etropolski, who also fenced for Bulgaria at the 1980 and 1988 Olympics.[5]
At the New York Athletic Club he coached Stephen Kovacs, a sabre fencer who in 1989 won the United States Fencing Association (USFA) Under-17 saber championship, and in 1990 won the USFA Under-20 (Junior) saber championship.[6][7][8] Kovacs later became a fencing coach, was charged with the sexual assault of two of his students, and died in prison in 2022.[9]
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Men's sabre VasilEtropolski Khristo Etropolski Georgi Chomakov Men's team sabre Khristo Etropolski, Nikolay Marincheshki, VasilEtropolski, Georgi Chomakov...
Bulgarian sabre fencer. Paskov trained at Sveshnikov Club and at the VasilEtropolski Academy in Sofia. In the 2011–12 season he won a silver medal at the...
Brazilian fencer in the foil events at the 2016 Olympics Bulgaria VasilEtropolski (born 1959), sabre, world champion and Olympic fencer China Jin Jing...
1981 Dariusz Wódke Hungary 1982 Viktor Krovopuskov Hungary 1983 VasilEtropolski Soviet Union 1985 György Nébald Soviet Union 1986 Sergey Mindirgasov...
Germany Soviet Union Individual Sabre György Nébald Khristo EtropolskiVasilEtropolski Team Sabre Soviet Union Bulgaria Hungary Individual Épée Philippe...
Bulgarian and English) in Seoul Competitors 171 in 16 sports Flag bearer VasilEtropolski Medals Ranked 7th Gold 10 Silver 12 Bronze 13 Total 35 Summer Olympics...
saber championship. He was coached at the New York Athletic Club by VasilEtropolski, the 1983 saber world champion from Bulgaria. Kovacs then attended...
France (FRA) Individual Sabre Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) Andrey Alshan (URS) VasilEtropolski (BUL) Team Sabre Italy (ITA) Soviet Union (URS) Romania (ROM)...
West Germany East Germany Cuba Individual Sabre VasilEtropolski Gianfranco Dalla Barba Khristo Etropolski Team Sabre Soviet Union Hungary Italy Individual...
Germany East Germany Individual Sabre Sergey Mindirgasov Imre Bujdosó VasilEtropolski Team Sabre Soviet Union Poland Bulgaria Individual Épée Philippe Riboud...
Monastery of the Holy Trinity (Bulgarian: Етрополски манастир „Света Троица”, Etropolski manastir „Sveta Troitsa”), also known as Varovitets (Варовитец), is a...
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