Tomasz Stusiński

Inspiring Coach bringing extensive experience guiding and mentoring athletes to reach optimum potential. Driven and high-achieving with students' success throughout career history. Passionate about mentoring athletes to build sustainable training and life skills using the skills learned while fencing.

• 2004 Life membership of the US Fencing Association, competitive coach
• 2004 Course for Fencing Referee Certification (Dallas, TX, USA)
• Current national ratings: Sabre N1
• Foil N1
• Epee N2
• 2001 – 2003 Sports Manager (Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw)
• 2002 Fencing Instructor/Coach (Academy of Physical Education in
• Katowice)
• 2000 – 2001 Manager of Sports Events (Academy of Physical Education in
• Warsaw)
• 1998 Course for qualified preceptors to work with children and school youth at holiday resorts (Academy of Physical
• Education in Warsaw)
• In the season of 2021/2022 - Fencing Officials of the Year! Named “Fencing Official of the
• Year” by the newly formed New Jersey Scholastic Officials Association (NJSOA)
• In 2004, my Master's Thesis, “Analysis of Struggle Dynamics in World Elite Fencers”, was published in both English and Polish in “Physical Education and Sport” (a national academic sports journal - Sport Wyczynowy - in Warsaw, Poland), ABOUT COACH TOMASZ..
• Tomasz Stusinski is an Olympic level fencer from Poland with over thirty years of fencing experience
• His fencing achievements include winning more than 100 national and international tournaments, including Champion of Poland four times, Champion of Europe, a World Cup finalist several times, a World Champion finalist and participating in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, after which he finished his career as a professional fencer and started coaching
• While Coach Tomasz was competing, he was a dedicated student and started his education at the Primary School of
• Championship Sports in Warsaw and continued to the High School of Championship Sports, also in Warsaw
• At both of these schools he was honored with the Gold Badge, which signified his academic and sports achievements
• Coach
• Tomasz then completed his bachelor's degree in Sports Management and his master's degree in Physical Education at the Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw
• His university and fencing club also honored him with the Gold
• Badge
• Concurrent to his studies at the university, Coach Tomasz received his fencing coach qualifications at the
• Academy of Physical Education in Katowice from one of the most famous fencing teachers in the world, Zbigniew
• Czajkowski
• Coach Tomasz is qualified to teach all ages of students, from beginner’s level up to Olympic level
• In 2004, Coach Tomasz’s thesis, “Analysis of Struggle Dynamics in World Elite Fencers”, was published in both
• English and Polish in the national academic sports science journal (Sport Wyczynowy), a peer-reviewed journal
• His education included both medicine and physics
• His research was on the dynamics and movement of fencing
• In the season of 2021/2022, the high school fencing community of New Jersey and the newly formed New Jersey
• Scholastic Officials Association (NJSOA) named Coach Tomasz, the “Fencing Official of the Year! This was a nice addition to being the highest rated fencing referee in the nation already (Sabre Rating 1 - current N1)
• Ratings for fencing officials on the national and international level are awarded to individuals by organization name FOC (Fencing Officials Commission) which is operating under the umbrella of USFA (U.S
• Fencing Association, with a

• Immigration Status: Permanent Resident of USA (Permanent Green Card)