Szilvia Gyore

Biography

Szilvia Gyore is in her 21st season on the fencing coaching staff at Princeton in 2026-27, helping the teams earn a combined 16 Ivy League titles, 17 straight top-10 NCAA team finishes in years the meet was held and Princeton competed, 12 top-four NCAA finishes, and the 2013 NCAA title. In 2022, Princeton earned its first NCAA individual foil title in Gyore's and Dudas's tenure with Maia Weintraub '25, and in 2023, Mohamed Hamza '23, an Olympic quarterfinalist individually in 2021, made the NCAA final. Gyore was elevated to associate head coach in 2018. "I am very happy that we have a full-time coach for all three weapons, an ideal situation for a varsity fencing program. Our fencers get much more individual attention than before and that is the key to success," Princeton head fencing coach Zoltan Dudas said. "Szilvia works with the men’s and women’s teams in the foil. Her experience with fencers ranging from very young to Olympic-level will help her to work from walk-ons to All-America talent." In her first 19 competitive seasons at Princeton, Gyore has helped the Tiger foils earn 61 NCAA finals berths and 45 All-Ivy League recognitions. Under her tutelage, Princeton foils have earned 31 All-American honors, including Princeton's first four-time All-America men's foilist in Alexander Mills '12. Eve Levin '14 matched the feat two years later, having earned All-America honors in each of her four seasons. Gyore, a Hungarian native who has trained world-ranked and Olympic fencer