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Statistics Profile

Valera Baranovsky

1972
Sheridan Fencing Academy
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 6 - - 12 - 18
Losses 8 - - 10 - 18
Win ratio 42.9% - - 54.5% - 50.0%
Pool victories 5 - - 10 - 15
Pool losses 6 - - 7 - 13
Pool win ratio 45.5% - - 58.8% - 53.6%
DE victories 1 - - 2 - 3
DE losses 2 - - 3 - 5
DE win ratio 33.3% - - 40.0% - 37.5%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† 1 - - 5 - 6
Easy wins % 16.7% - - 41.7% - 33.3%
Close wins‡ 1 - - 2 - 3
Close wins % 16.7% - - 16.7% - 16.7%
Close losses‡ 1 - - 1 - 2
Close losses % 12.5% - - 10.0% - 11.1%
Big losses† 4 - - 7 - 11
Big losses % 50.0% - - 70.0% - 61.1%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events 2 - - 3 - 5
Tournaments 2 - - 2 - 4

Competition history

5 competitions, 36 bouts

Manhattan Fencing Center Saber Youth & Veteran Liberty Cup (New DATE)

Veteran Mixed Saber B1, VET February 1, 2026

Place 15 of 19 Seed 13 Not ranked Rating C22 Sheridan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 MAURI Gherardo 6 - B23 2 Enfield Fencing Club / Manhattan Fencing Center 2615 2429 32.5 38%
Pool
D 4:5 NEMAZIE David A. 16 - D23 11 Salisbury Fencing Club / Nova Fencing Club 2166 2396 52.8 64%
Pool
V 5:3 COHEN Richard A. 14 - C22 19 Manhattan Fencing Center / New York Athletic Club 1768 2343 15.1 82%
Pool
D 0:5 VAROQUA Aslon 10 - C24 9 Lilov Fencing Academy 2046 2359 51.8 69%
Pool
D 0:5 PARK Tai H. 3 - B25 5 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2210 2307 39.3 56%
T32
V 10:7 DI GENNARO John 18 - E23 18 Manhattan Fencing Center 1645 2105 125.0 73%
T16
D 6:10 CHU Kevin 1 - A24 3 Fencers Club Inc. / Manhattan Fencing Center 3070 2230 55.8 12%

MFC Liberty Cup & Tri State Veteran Saber Cup

Veteran Men's Saber A1, VET October 19, 2025

Place 10 of 21 Seed 15 Not ranked Rating C22 Sheridan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 SAMOTESSOV Vladislav 10 - C25 15 Infinity Fencing Alliance 2129 2395 43.3 66%
Pool
D 3:5 LIU Jerry 4 - A24 1 2211 2438 76.3 64%
Pool
V 5:1 COHEN Richard A. 16 - C22 16 Manhattan Fencing Center / New York Athletic Club 1783 2362 21.7 82%
Pool
D 1:5 ALUF Michael V. 20 - U 11 Manhattan Fencing Center 1586 2384 109.8 89%
Pool
V 5:2 MATT Chris 3 - A25 7 Capital Fencing Academy 3034 2274 102.0 11%
Pool
V 5:2 DASHNAW Stephen 9 - B23 17 Lilov Fencing Academy 2517 2376 52.9 41%
T16
D 2:10 WAXLER Aaron M. 13 - C23 2 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2596 2301 195.8 36%

Manhattan Fencing Tri-State Veteran Saber Event

Veteran Mixed Saber B1, VET February 5, 2023

Place 6 of 20 Seed 7 Not ranked Rating C22 Sheridan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 MICCHELLI Thomas 20 - U 20 Integrity Fencing Studio 502 2174 2.5 99%
Pool
V 5:0 COHEN Richard 13 - C22 7 Manhattan Fencing Center 2400 2177 103.6 37%
Pool
V 5:2 OBLONSKY Natalia 14 - D21 16 Manhattan Fencing Center - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 KOPYLOV Dmitri 1 - A21 5 Lilov Fencing Academy 3155 2280 174.0 9%
Pool
D 0:5 YUNG Wang 6 - B19 9 Infinity Fencing Alliance / Hillside Cavaliers Fencing Club 2484 2454 65.3 48%
Pool
V 5:1 ARAFAT Tarek 18 - U 19 Manhattan Fencing Center / Fencers Club 1129 2389 5.9 96%
T16
V 10:6 SCHULZE Seunghee 19 - U 14 Manhattan Fencing Center - - - -
T8
D 6:10 DASHNAW Stephen 3 - B23 3 Lilov Fencing Academy 3408 2379 78.2 11%

January NAC

Vet-50 Men's Saber A2, V50 January 9, 2023

Place 16 of 31 Seed 13 Not ranked Rating C22 Sheridan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 ESCUETA Jr Antonio V. 7 8 B22 6 Globus Fencing Academy 2342 2288 132.1 47%
Pool
V 5:4 FERNANDEZ Ruben 27 - U 21 Nellya Fencers 2190 2155 121.9 48%
Pool
D 0:5 PHILLIPS Kim V. 4 3 B22 9 Houston Sword Sports 3259 2277 19.7 7%
Pool
V 5:1 SIMS Martin L. 24 27 U 29 Fairfax Fencers LLC 1433 2258 26.6 89%
Pool
D 4:5 COLTER richard 17 16 E22 22 Denver Fencing Center 2163 2284 110.0 57%
T32
V 10:6 KENT Dwain 28 - U 18 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2500 2049 382.1 36%
T16
D 3:10 MAKOGON Sergey 9 - A21 2 Salt City Swords Fencing Club 3762 2431 52.2 6%

January NAC

Veteran Men's Saber A2, VET January 8, 2023

Place 38 of 56 Seed 13 Not ranked Rating C22 Sheridan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 ELBAKRY Mahmoud 20 - C19 2 Elite Fencing Academy (GA) 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
D 1:5 DUDNICK Christian 46 - U 31 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1663 2079 604.8 67%
Pool
V 5:0 BOYLAN John R. 37 - E19 46 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2169 1475 508.0 20%
Pool
D 0:5 MATT Chris 4 - A19 6 Capital Fencing Academy 3163 1983 31.8 6%
Pool
V 5:1 BABAYEV Ethan I. 29 - E22 28 Stamford Fencing Center, LLC 2071 1951 215.5 44%
Pool
V 5:2 GORMLEY Peter J. 53 - U 53 Zeta Fencing 1942 2166 121.2 62%
T64
D 7:10 BABAYEV Ethan I. 29 - E22 28 Stamford Fencing Center, LLC 2673 2500 450.6 44%