Speaker, saber fencing coach, founder
Tsvetelina Hristov is an Owner and Coach at Premier Fencing Academy, Bulgaria’s first women’s saber national champion, a junior and senior national titleholder, and a competitor at the 2002 Cadet/Junior World Championships. She co-founded the academy in Sacramento with Kristiyan Hristov, and now both help athletes, families, and teams build confidence under pressure.
Two decades coaching athletes to World Championships, NCAA programmes and national teams — and three fencers of my own at home. Practical help for the people behind the performance.
If your kid can carry a phone, they can carry their own fencing bag. This guide covers the five habits that quietly hold a fencer back — and simple ways to hand back ownership of their gear, their routine and their results.
Ambition, identity, pressure, coaching and parenting — talked through with the people who have lived it.
Guests have included Olympic champions, World No. 1s and national team athletes — among them Lee Kiefer, Alexander Massialas and Misaki Emura.
Practical, human talks for audiences navigating pressure, ambition and the long road to meaningful achievement.
I work with companies whose products genuinely reach this community — equipment, nutrition, athletic wear and youth-sports education.
The five mistakes fencing parents make — and what to do instead.
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The five habits that quietly hold a fencer back — and simple ways to hand back ownership of their gear, their routine and their results. Ten minutes to read, free, straight to your inbox.
A private Zoom session with me and Coach Kristiyan on technique, tactics, college recruitment, or simply where your fencer goes next.
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The 5 mindset mistakes that cost athletes their best performance — with simple tools to handle pressure, recover from mistakes and refocus on what comes next.
Get the guide →Mindset, pressure and motivation — the ones I keep coming back to and hand to athletes and parents. The full list lives on Amazon and I add to it as I read.
Twelve books on mindset, pressure and motivation that I keep coming back to — The Pressure Code, The Greatness Mindset, Start With Yourself and more. I add to the list as I read.
See the reading list →Skin care, hair tools, garden and home finds, and the small-business bits I actually reach for. Updated far more often than this page.
Browse the storefront →Begin with the free guide. It takes ten minutes and changes how the next tournament goes.