Michel Sebastiani

Michel Sebastiani
Biographical details
Born	November 1937 (age 88); France
Alma mater	French National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance (INSEP)
Playing career
1959-60	French National Modern Pentathlon Team
Positions	Modern pentathlete and fencer
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1963–70	Cornell University (Fencing)
1970–71	New York University (Fencing)
1971–77	Brooklyn College (Fencing)
1982–2006	Princeton University (Fencing)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	9 Ivy League championships; 6 National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association (NIWFA) Championships; 6 Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) National championships; 5 NCAA individual champions; 1 NIWFA individual champion;
Awards
	2x U.S. Fencing Coaches Association Schreff Award; U.S. Olympic and National Team fencing coach; U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame;

Michel Sebastiani (born November 1937) is a French fencing master. He earned his Maîtrise d'Escrime degree from Ecole Superieure d’Escrime in Paris. Sebastiani then coached fencing at Cornell University, New York University, Brooklyn College, and Princeton University. He was an Olympic coach for Team USA. He twice won the U.S. Fencing Coaches Association's Schreff Award, given yearly to the most outstanding college fencing coach of the year. Sebastiani was inducted into the U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame in 2015.