Stephen Kovacs
Stephen Matias Kovacs (January 4, 1972 – January 15, 2022) was an American
saber fencer and fencing coach. He was a three-time
NCAA All American for
Columbia University, four-time All-
Ivy League, and the first fencer to win four consecutive
Intercollegiate Fencing Association championships. As a fencing coach, he then coached at the
Pingry School,
Princeton Junior School,
Stevens Institute of Technology,
Duke University,
Ridge High School, and private fencing clubs including one that he founded. In October 2021 he was arrested and charged with multiple counts of
sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and
false swearing, and imprisoned in the
Somerset County Jail in
Somerville, New Jersey. On October 29, 2021, the
United States Center for SafeSport temporarily suspended Kovacs, pending an investigation by it of allegations against him. On January 15, 2022, Kovacs committed suicide (aged 50) in Somerset County Jail.
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