ASSISTANT COACHES

Dagmara Wozniak

Dagmara started fencing at the PAFS when she was 9 years old. At age 10, she won a Gold Medal (Y-10) at her first Summer Nationals. Since then, she has medaled many times at various levels at North American Cups and the Summer Nationals. Each year, she has consistently ranked in the top of her USFA age group.
In 2005, Dagmara was selected by USFA to represent the US at her first World Championship, and in 2006, she won a Team Gold Medal at the Junior World Champion-ships in Korea.

This year Dagmara is on track to represent the US at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In 2007, she was an NCAA Fencing All-American representing St. John’s University. Despite her numerous commitments, Dagmara still finds time to work with the young PAFS fencers twice a week.

Aleksander Ochocki

Olek started fencing at the PAFS when he was 8 years old. He began competing at the national level and won Silver Medal (Y-12) at the 2001 Summer Nationals. By 2005, he was ranked first in the nation as a Y-14. In 2005, he won a Gold Medal at the Summer Nationals (Junior) and the Junior Olympics.
In 2008, Ochocki became the first three-time New Jersey High School Fencing Champion, and he was selected as the Boy fencer-of-the-Year for New Jersey, as well as being named to the All-State Team.
Olek started competing at World Cup events in 2004, and he was selected by USFA to attend his first World Championship as a Cadet. He currently trains with the US National Team.

At the PAFS, he assist with group and individual lessons twice a week. This year, he accepted a scholarship to fence for Penn State University (the 2007 NCAA National Champions).

Monica Aksamit

Monica started fencing at the PAFS when she was 9 years old. In 2007, she won a Gold Medal at the Junior Olympics (Cadet), and in 2008, she won another Gold Medal at the Junior Olympics (Junior).

Monica currently is ranked by USFA in the top ten as a Senior and the top five as a Junior. She now trains with the US National Team and began competing at World Cup events in 2006. This year, she was selected by the USFA to be on the US National Junior team for the World Championships in Italy.

Recently, Monica has accepted an athletic scholarship to fence for Penn State. While there, she will join her PAFS teammate Olek Ochocki on one of the premier college fencing programs in the US.

Artur Wielkoszewski

Artur has competed, coached or refereed in over 20 competitive sports. After a break of many years from fencing, in 2001 he was asked by Maestro Mlynek to assist him by providing fundamentals and technical instructions at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and starting this past year at West Point.

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