Yarik began fencing at the age of nine in the small city of Simferopol, Ukraine. He has 15 years of fencing experience and was a member of the national fencing team of Ukraine for nine years.
Yarik is a silver and bronze medalist in the Junior World Championships in 2008 and 2009 (team) and multiple medalist in the European Fencing Championships in individual and team events in 2008, 2010, 2012.
Yarik graduated in 2013 from the National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine majoring in Sports Psychology and Coaching. He was awarded Master of Sports of Ukraine in International Class in Fencing by the Ministry of Ukraine of Family, Youth and Sport.
Before joining NY Fencing Academy’s coaching staff, Yarik coached at the Dream Fencing Club in London, UK in 2014, and was head coach of the epee program at MindSportz Fencing Club in Shenzhen, China from 2015-2016.
NOTABLE STUDENTS
- David Dodin – National Gold Medalist Y12 Summer Nationals 2021
- Levent Nakas – NAC Gold Medalist Y10 2021
- Mia Smotritskiy – Junior Team Summer Nationals 2021 Champion
National and NAC Finalists:
National finalist medals earned by: David Dodin, Joshua Yavorovskiy,Liora Profis, Levent Nakas, Landon Shchur, Max Burovskiy, Evan Vysotskiy, David Pavlenishvili, Jack Kambeseles, Mia Smotritskiy
Super Youth Circuit Finalists Gold Medalists:
Joshua Yavorovskiy, David Dodin, Levent Nakas, Evan Vysotskiy, Liora Profis, Danny Dodin, Landon Shchur, Max Burovskiy, Grayson Shchur, Finn Chimoskey
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