David Micahnik (born November 5, 1938) is an American fencer and fencing coach. He was born in

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Biography

Micahnik attended the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

(1959), fencing for the University of Pennsylvania Quakers, and was a first-team All-Ivy selection in epee as a senior.The Coach Dave Micahnik Center - University of Pennsylvania
/ref> He was the 1960 U.S. National Champion. He competed in the individual and team

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

events at the

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

and

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. Micahnik won the individual epee title and took second in foil, and won gold medals with the epee and foil teams, at the

1965 Maccabiah Games The 7th Maccabiah Games in 1965 saw 1,500 athletes from 29 different countries compete in 21 sports. It was the first Maccabiah Games for Iran, Jamaica, Peru, and Venezuela. The United States delegation won the most gold medals, followed by Israel, ...

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/ref> He again won the individual and team gold medals in epee at the

1969 Maccabiah Games At the 8th Maccabiah Games from July 29 to August 7, 1969, 1,450 athletes from 27 countries competed in 22 sports in Israel. The final gold medal count was the United States in first place (64), Israel second (48; though it won the greatest numbe ...

. He coached the U.S. fencing teams at the

1985 Maccabiah Games The 12th Maccabiah Games brought over 4,000 athletes to Israel from 38 nations to compete in 28 sports. History The Maccabiah Games were first held in 1932. In 1961, they were declared a "Regional Sports Event" by, and under the auspices and super ...

and the

1993 Maccabiah Games The 14th Maccabiah Games brought 5,100 athletes to Israel from 48 nations. Jewish athletes from Poland, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia participated for the first time after World War II, after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Athletes from the eight ...

. Micahnik is a member of the

USFA Hall of Fame The United States Fencing Association (USFA) is the national governing body for the sport of fencing in the United States. The USFA was founded on April 22, 1891, as the Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) by a group of 20 New York City fen ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Micahnik, David 1938 births Living people American male épée fencers American male foil fencers Olympic fencers for the United States Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics People from Hazleton, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Pennsylvania Jewish male épée fencers Jewish male foil fencers Jewish American sportspeople Maccabiah Games medalists in fencing Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States Maccabiah Games silver medalists for the United States Competitors at the 1965 Maccabiah Games Competitors at the 1969 Maccabiah Games Penn Quakers fencers 21st-century American Jews