Craig Harkins
Craig has been fencing since he saw Peter Westbrook win a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics. Craig has covered the sport of fencing since 1995 via articles and newsletters on Fencing.Net. He has most recently re-entered competitive fencing in the Vet40 age category.
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Articles By This Author

Selecting and Using a Rowing Machine
- By Craig Harkins
- . January 7, 2010
Rowing is an efficient and effective low-impact exercise that utilizes the arms, abdomen, back and legs, providing a total-body workout. This activity offers the opportunity

Kiefer Wins in Budapest as Prescod and Lu take 3rd
- By Craig Harkins
- . January 5, 2010
Lee Kiefer. Photo (c) FencingPhotos.com Lee Kiefer (left) stood atop the winner’s podium in the Women’s Foil event at the Coupe Heracles Junior World Cup
Courtney Hurley Wins 4th Junior World Cup of Season
- By Craig Harkins
- . January 5, 2010
Courtney Hurley (right) at the 2009 Junior World Championships. Photo by Serge Timacheff Scheduling quirk leaves this dynamic junior stuck in 2nd place in the
Love of the Blade – Saber Coach Journeys through Olympic Disenchantment
- By Craig Harkins
- . January 4, 2010
Hristo Entropolski’s life is sewn with patches of triumph, complexity and adversity. He has criss-crossed the globe for years, participating in two Olympic Games and dozens of world championships as an athlete, club owner and coach. His journey began 50 years ago in Bulgaria, and eventually landed him in the United States. Hristo’s life is a tapestry whose saber is the needle that binds its disparate threads.
Massialas Wins Men’s Foil Junior Cup
- By Craig Harkins
- . December 13, 2009
Alex Massialas lost one preliminary bout but managed to dispatch 3 German fencers in direct elimination to win the Steinfurter Schloss Men’s Foil Junior World