In 2019 Sergey Petrosyan was named head coach of the fencing team after having served as an assistant coach for five years. He helped guide the program to five team state championships and led the foil squad to four state titles, also overseeing significant improvements in the fencers’ epee and saber skills. Fencing since age 11, Petrosyan was the Armenian junior foil champion in 1987 and 1988. In 1989, he won a gold medal for the 17-19 age group in the Moldova Soviet Tournament and a silver medal in the Profsouz Tournament in the Georgia Soviet Republic. The next year, he received a gold medal in the Ukrainian Open Championship. From 1990-92, he was on the Armenian National Fencing Team, and he coached the Catherine Fencing Club in Armenia from 1991-93. He received the title Master of Sport of the USSR in 1991.
