Anthony Buckie Leach is an American foil fencing coach and fencer. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Fencing is the art of armed Combat involving Cutting, Stabbing, or slapping bludgeoning Weapons directly manipulated by hand
He began fencing at age 12 and coaching at age 20. He has been a coach for 25 years and his students have found success on both the national and international level. Buckie's remarkable success with the Rochester Fencing Center garnered worldwide attention. He was the first to produce an American Fencing World Champion, and was an Olympic fencing coach in 1996 and 2000. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Fencing is the art of armed Combat involving Cutting, Stabbing, or slapping bludgeoning Weapons directly manipulated by hand The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games
With fencers winning over 20 medals in Junior and Senior World Cup events as well as numerous National and NCAA championships, he has redefined the standard of successful fencing performance in the United States. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
His students include past Olympians Felicia and Iris Zimmermann, Ann Marsh and 2004 Olympian Erinn Smart. Felicia, Iris and Erinn made up the team that captured bronze at the 2001 World Championships and just missed medaling at the 2000 Olympic Games with their 4th place finish. During that time he also was the United States women's foil national coach. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
He created the Blackstar Coaching clinics, a teaching program for fencing coaches in the United States. Fencing is the art of armed Combat involving Cutting, Stabbing, or slapping bludgeoning Weapons directly manipulated by hand The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Buckie currently coaches at Empire United Fencing New York City, alongside Sean McClain, Jed Dupree and Kornel Udvarhelyi. The City of New York Michael Sean McClain (born September 13, 1975) is an American Foil fencer who attended Stanford University in the 1990s