Fencing Biography:

A native to Colorado, Nathan Anderson re-opened the Denver Fencing Center as a full time facility in 2004. His vision was to provide Denver with a true center of fencing where people could train in foil, epee, and sabre to the highest level of fencing. A short five years later, this goal had been achieved as fencers from Denver Fencing Center has won National medals in all six categories of fencing (Men's Foil, Epee, Sabre and Women's Foil, Epee, Sabre)

High School Fencing Career:

Nathan Anderson has nearly 20 years of experience fencing. In his two-year high school career, he fenced both foil and epée. He had many remarkable results in fencing: Colorado State Open Champion (foil), Silver Medalist - Junior North American Cup in Kansas City (epée), 13th Junior North American Cup at Stanford University.

University of Pennsylvania

He was recruited to fence at the University of Pennsylvania where in his freshmen year he fenced in the NCAA team finals in Men’s Epée, where his team won silver. In his sophomore year, Nathan fenced foil and Penn secured the Team Bronze Medal at the NCAA Championships. Also in his sophomore year, he won the Mid-Atlantic Sectional in foil and earned an ‘A’ rating. During his Junior year, he studied abroad in Belgium and finished 6th in a competition in the Netherlands and finished 2nd team All Ivy League. In his senior year, he was University of Pennsylvania Fencing Team Captain, an All-American, first team All Ivy League selection in foil.

Nathan Anderson continued to fence after college and recently chose to take up sabre. In his first year of sabre fencing, he was ranked third overall in the State and had earned a ‘C’ rating. In 2005, Nathan won the Rocky Mountain Sectional Championship in Men's Sabre and was the runner-up in Men's Foil event to the 2006 National Champion Andras Horanyi. Though coaching and parenting leave little time to fence, Nathan maintains high ratings in all three weapons.

Coaching Accomplishments:

Since re-opening the Denver Fencing Center on January 3, 2004, Nathan's students have won numerous tournaments: Colorado Cups, Colorado Youth Cups, Colorado Unrateds, Colorado D & Under, Bill Goering Memorial, Nick Toth, and the Falcon Open. His fencers' won tournaments in all three weapons: foil, epee, and sabre. During the 2005-2006 season, Denver Fencing Center fencers represented eight out of the fifteen (53%) Colorado Cup winners. In his first three years of coaching, Nathan has created over 33 new rated fencers representing all three weapons.

His coaching placed over 15 different fencers on the US Fencing National Points list in:

Youth 10 Boys Foil, Youth 10 Boys Epee, Youth 10 Boys Sabre, Youth 10 Girls Foil, Youth 10 Girls Epee, Youth 12 Men's Epee, Youth 12 Men's Sabre, Youth 12 Women's Foil, Youth 12 Women's Epee,Youth 14 Men's Epee, Youth 14 Women's Foil, Under 17 Men's Epee, Women's Veteran's Saber, Veteran Women's Epee, Veteran 50 Women's Epee, Veteran Men's Foil, Veteran 50 Men's Foil, and Men's Veteran 50 Epee.

In 2007, he got his North American Cup winner, Joseph Longuevan, won the Y10 Boys Epee event and his first National Champion when Mary Wilkerson won Veteran's Women Saber (40-49) title and received a special Coaches' medal from U.S Fencing for his success. Joseph Longuevan also finished the season as the US Fencing Points Champion for the Y10 Boys' Epee Division.

In 2008, Nathan's students captured National Medals in all three fencing weapons: foil, epee, and sabre. Mary Wilkerson continued her winning ways taking the Bronze at the National Championships in Veteran Women Sabre (40-49). Nathan was the on-strip coach for his former student, Tycho Toothaker, when he captured the Silver Medal at the National Championships in the Youth 12 Boys Epee. In the North American Cup in Colorado Springs, David Johanson captured 8th place in a tough Veteran 50 Men's Foil event.

Memberships:

Nathan is a lifetime member of the US Fencing Association and the US Fencing Coaches' Association. He serves as Rocky Mountain Regional Youth Coordinator for U.S. Fencing Youth Development Commitee.