Elif Soyer Sachs
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- Title:
- Assistant Fencing Coach
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- Email:
- es101@wellesley.edu
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- Education:
- B.A. Emory University; MFA Tufts University
Bio
Elif Soyer Sachs joined Wellesley fencing as an assistant coach during the 2019-20 season.
The co-founder and co-owner of Moe Fencing Club in Somerville, Mass., Sachs has participated in nearly every facet of the sport of fencing over the last twenty-five years. She has been a national and international competitor with regional and national podium finishes, coached teams at the high school and NCAA level with Brandeis and Tufts, and coached individuals to national championship titles and US national teams.
While at Tufts, she successfully advocated for and established the women's NCAA fencing team at Tufts University. The 2003-04 NFC Men's Coach of the Year, she led the way in establishing the Sachs Award and Trophy in 2005, which is awarded to the fencer with the best record in the Northeast Fencing Conference who started fencing in college.