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Marek P. Stepien

28 Alexandra Park Road

London N10 2AB

 

0208 444 52 95

E-mail marekstepien@yahoo.com

mstepien@nd.edu

 

 

Forth coming trainging camps:

Poland 2008

Personal Information

 Nationality: Polish

Age: 44

Place of Birth: Poland

Achievements in Sport

Represented Poland in fencing at the Barcelona Olympics 1992.

Polish National Champion in fencing – 1989, 1990.  Ranked as Poland’s number one fencer 1990 and 1992. 

Represented Poland at the World Fencing Championships in Denver – 1989, Lyon –1990, Budapest – 2001 and Athens – 1994. 

Represented Poland at international level: regularly taking part in World Cup competitions in Germany, Switzerland, France, Holland, Italy, Hungary and England from 1988 to 1995. 

Represented Poland in Modern Pentathlon at the World Championships in Romania (1984). http://www.pentathlon.org/, 1998 – 2003 Competed in Great Britain for Haverstock Fencing Club. 

 

Education

1986 – 1992 Academy of Physical Education and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland: Masters Degree in Physical Education and Rehabilitation. http://www.awf.edu.pl/angielska/index.htm

 

1990 - 1992 Academy of Physical Education and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland: Fencing Master Diploma.

 

1993 – 1997 studied for PhD at the Academy of Physical Education and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland.

 

2001 - 2002 American Red Cross – Lifeguard Training & Comm. First Aid and Safety Certificate. CPR for the Professional Rescuer – Certificate. Water Safety Instructor Certificate. http://www.cincinnatiredcross.org/

 

2003 – 2004 University of Warsaw Center of European Integration – Post Graduate Certificate in Aspects of European Development.

 

2003 – Coaching for Teachers.

UK Athletics Teaching Certificate (Secondary and Primary).

BRC Emergency First Aid for Sport.

Primary School Teaching Certificate for the Teaching Swimming.

 

2003 – Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Football.  http://www.thefa.com/

 

2003 – IT courses, various Computer and Video Editing Skills.

 

2005 – 2006 University of Warsaw Faculty of Pedagogy - Post Graduate Diploma in Politics and Management Education.

 

 

 

Professional experience

2007 Notre Dame University, Indiana

Prepared the NCAA Division I Varsity Team for the Championships.

2007 Indiana Fencing Academy

Head Coach – management, recruitment, and promoting fencing in the community.

1998 - 2007 City of London School, London

Coached fencing in the department of Physical Education to boys aged 11 to 16.

1998 - 2004 Cambridge University, England

Coached the University team in all three weapons. Covering technical aspects, tactics, fitness training and psychological preparation. Cambridge University defeated Oxford in the Varsity Challenge 1998/99, 1999/2000 and 2000/01. Men’s team won British University Students Association (BUSA) Fencing Championships 2001. Both men and women’s team won BUSA Championships 2002. Cambridge fencers won places in finals of BUSA individual competitions in 2000 and 2004: resulting in Cambridge having the highest number of fencers in the final eight of any university in the UK.

1998 - 2006 Haverstock Fencing Club, England

Responsible for the fitness and flexibility training as well as providing individual coaching in all disciplines of fencing - foil, epee and sabre - at all levels. Recently designed and implemented a certificate for junior fencers on completion of the introductory course in fencing. 

Personal coach to a number of elite British fencers. Specific successes of students include:

Greg Allen , currently ranked number one in the UK, came third in an international competition, a World Cup, in Innsbruck in 2001 an extremely good result for a British fencer. Represented Great Britain at the World Championships1999 and 2001. Represented Great Britain at the European Championships 1998 and 2000.

Andrea Wraith qualified to represent England at the Commonwealth Championships in Malaysia, 1998, winning a bronze medal in the team event.

Andy Pavaday won World Police Championships, Sweden 1999.

2004 – 2006 The American School in London

As Fencing Master of the fencing organization, provided fencing education to children, running beginner and advanced level fencing classes.

1997 – 1998 Camp America – New Hampshire

Taught and supervised all sporting activities to children (8 – 14 years).

1998 – 2000 Reading Fencing Club, England

Provided individual and group training in this Epee club. Helped two future medallists in pentathlon prepare for the Sydney Olympics, 2000: Stephanie Cook, gold and Kate Allenby, bronze.

1999 – 2000 University of London, London, England.

Fencing Coach

Teaching students of all ages – some aspiring for National qualification

3 Weapons (Foil, Epee, Sabre)

1999 – 2000 Olympic Development Clinic Director, Roswell, NM, USA

Organised and prepared fencing schedule to aid the development of young fencers with Olympic potential.

1991 – 1997 The Integrated Sport Club for Disabled of the Academy of Physical Education and Rehabilitation in Warsaw. Poland

Conducted rehabilitation classes. Responsible for the preparation of the club to compete in the first Polish fencing championships and World cup competitions in Pisa (Italy), Paris and Grenoble (France).

Coached Jagoda Polasik in preparation for the Para Olympics Games in Atlanta, 1996, where she won the gold medal in the individual event.

Part of organising committee for the Poland - USA -France fencing tournaments for the disabled.

Possess specialist knowledge of the problems faced by disabled persons competing in sport.

1995 – 1997 The Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw Faculty of Rehabilitation. http://www.awf.edu.pl/angielska/index.htm

Lectured on the Theory of Disability in Sport. (Full-time post)

1994 – 1997 Primary School No.247 in Warsaw

Taught the principles of human movement through the correction of posture and flexibility. (Full-time post)

1992 – 1994 "Janusz Kusocinski" School of Sport Champions.

 Lectured and taught practical skills of the disciplines involved in Modern Pentathlon to elite and potentially elite young sports boys and girls. (Full-time post)

 

Academic publications and presentations

 

The XXIII Congress of the Polish Society of Sport Medicine in Krakow 15 –18 September 1996. Paper presented and published: " Heart Rate Variability in Sports Medicine " Medicine of Sport 1996; 60/61: VII-VIII .

The XXIll Congress of Biomechanics' in Poznan, 1996. Presentations: “The Method of Testing Selected Technical Skills in Fencing “and” The Influence of Isometric Training on Increase of the Biomechanical Parameters of Lower Extremities ".

Professional memberships and certificates

Fencing Master British Academy of Fencing, Professor of Fencing and British Fencing Association.

Primary School Teacher Certificate For The Teaching of Swimming 2003 – Issued by Amateur Swimming Association UK. Level I Certificate in Coaching Football. UK Athletics Teaching Certificate (Secondary and Primary).

2003 – BAALPE Risk Management

2003 – Child Protection Certificate

Diploma of Coaching swimming – issued by Academy of Physical Education – 1992

The National Coaching Foundation, sport coach UK.

British Red Cross – Emergency First Aid for Sports – 2003

American Red Cross – Lifeguard Training & Comm First Aid and Safety Certificate. CPR for the Professional Rescuer – Certificate – 2001

Water Safety Instructor in USA  - 2002

Polish WOPR - Lifeguard Training & Comm First Aid and Safety Certificate 1982

Sport Coach UK the National Coaching Foundation.

Languages

Polish, Russian and English

Volunteer Work and fund raising

British Heart Foundation, London to Brighton Bike Ride 1998. Fencing Marathon in support of The Royal Marsden Hospital and St Christopher’s Hospice 1999, 2002.

 

 

 

 

Contact details of referees

 

  1. Mr. William Ellis-Rees, Teacher, City of London School, Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 3AL.

Tel: 020 7489 0291

Fax: 020 7329 6887