Oleksandr “Sasha” Torchuk

Youth Head Coach

Kazakhstan National Team • 2024 Paris Olympic Coach • Master of Sports — International Class

Advance Fencing and Fitness Academy is proud to welcome Oleksandr Torchuk —

known to his athletes as Sasha — one of the most accomplished sabre coaches in the

international fencing community. A decorated Master of Sports of International Class

with 14 years of elite competitive experience, Oleksandr represented Ukraine at the

highest levels of the sport — claiming silver medals at the Junior World Championships

three times (2004, 2005, 2006), a bronze at the Junior World Cup in Göppingen, and

gold with the Ukrainian team at the 2007 World University Games in Bangkok.

Since transitioning to coaching, Sasha has built an extraordinary record guiding national

programs across four countries — Turkey, Georgia, and Kazakhstan — and has

coached athletes to podium finishes at the Senior European Championship, Senior

World Championship, Asian Games, and most recently the 2024 Paris Olympic

Games, where his athlete Aigerim Sarybay competed on the world’s biggest stage. His

tenure with Turkey produced a Cadet and Junior World Champion in Acar Ibrahim

Ahmed (2017) and a dominant U23 European team title; his work with Georgia elevated

Sandro Bazadze to a Senior European Championship bronze and a World

Championship top-4 team finish.

What sets Coach Sasha apart is his ability to develop athletes at every level — from

complete beginners picking up a sabre for the first time to Olympians competing on the

world stage — with a systematic approach built on elite lesson quality and international

competition experience that few coaches in the world can match. Whether you are just

starting your fencing journey or chasing a national title, Sasha brings a world-class

standard to every lesson he delivers.

AT A GLANCE

10+ years coaching 4 national programs 30+ international medals 1 Olympian