Nontapat Panchan
Coach, Blade Club

Olympian (Beijing 2008), Multiple South East Asia Games Gold medallist, Top Men's Foilist in Thailand and South East Asia, Asian Fencing Championship Silver medallist, NCAA Champion.

Non started to fence in Thailand when he was 9 years old. He became the youngest Junior National Champion at the age of 14. Once moved to the United States, he continued to fence under the U.S. Junior National Coach and trained with members of U.S. National Fencing Team during his years in high school. In high school, representing Rochester Fencing Center and the Thai National Team, he won many North American Cup medals, both at junior and senior levels. After high school, he was offered a scholarship at Pennsylvania State University where he acted as a team captain and led his team to multiple National Championship titles. During his time at Pennsylvania State University, Non received multiple honors from the United State Coaches Association, which awarded him four First Team All-American Titles during his four years at Pennsylvania State.

After finishing his college career, Non returned to New York, and trained with the U.S. Olympic Team under the head of U.S. Olympic Men Foil Program. At the beginning of 2007, he moved to Germany and trained with the German Olympic Team in Bonn in order to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. After winning the Olympic Qualifier in April 2008, he became the first foil fencer from Southeast Asia who qualified for the Olympic Games. After the Games, Non moved to Singapore where he currently works as a coach at Blade Club. He is still an active member and a team captain of the Thai National Fencing Team.

Non is a multiple South East Asia Games Gold medalist, having won golds at all of the last 4 consecutive SEA Games. His highest ever world ranking was 26, and is easily the current top Men's Foilist in South East Asia.

Competition Highlights
1st at 2001 SEA Games in Malaysia
1st at 2003 SEA Games in Vietnam
1st at 2005 SEA Games in Philippine
1st at 2007 SEA Games in Thailand (Team)
5th at 2008 World Cup (Cat. A) in Venezuela
3rd at 2001 Junior World Cup in Italy
2nd at 2004 Asian Championship
5th at 2006 Asian Games in Doha
5th at 2004 North American Cup
2nd at 2001 North American Cup
2nd at 2001 NCAA National Championship (U.S.A.)
1st at 2002 NCAA National Championship (U.S.A.)
1st at 2003 NCAA National Championship (U.S.A.)
Led Pennsylvania State Fencing Team to NCAA National Team Championship in 2002
Multiple Thai National Championship Titles

He is a NCAP 1 certified coach, has First Aid certification, and is also a registered coach under the SSC/MOE Sports Education Programme (SEP).

 

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