Nirali Igoe

COACH

Coach Igoe started fencing at the age of 12 and joined Penta in 2017, training with Coach Young. She has been around fencing for her entire life, as her grandfather was one of the founders of the NY Athletic Club’s fencing program. She was recruited to the Division 1 Fencing Team at Penn State University, where she dedicated herself to both fencing and academics. Coach Igoe graduated with an honors degree in Marketing in 2023 and earned Academic All-Big 10 for all four years. She is currently employed as an elementary school teacher in DCPS and is available at Team Penta three times a week (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays). She specializes in youth development and therefore provides both youth beginner group lessons, private lessons, and strip coaching. Her focus is to improve the confidence of new fencers and to strengthen the foundations of footwork and blade work of her fencers.