| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Васил Михайлов•Етрополски[1] |
| Full name | Vasil Mihaylov•Etropolski[1] |
| Born | 18 March 1959 Sofia, Bulgaria[1] |
| Employer | New York Athletic Club[2] |
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
| Event | Sabre |
| Achievements and titles | |
| World finals | 1983 sabre world champion |
Vasil Etropolski (born 18 March 1959) is a Bulgarian fencer and fencing coach. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics.[3] He also won the 1983 sabre world championship.[4] He is the twin brother of Khristo Etropolski, who also fenced for Bulgaria at the 1980 and 1988 Olympics.[5]
At the New York Athletic Club he coached Stephen Kovacs, a sabre fencer who in 1989 won the United States Fencing Association (USFA) Under-17 saber championship, and in 1990 won the USFA Under-20 (Junior) saber championship.[6][7][8] Kovacs later became a fencing coach, was charged with the sexual assault of two of his students, and died in prison in 2022.[9]
