{{Short description|American fencer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2014}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = David Micahnik | image = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|11|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hazleton, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|1|4|1938|11|5|df=yes}} | death_place = | height = | weight = | website = | country = USA | sport = Fencing | event = Epee | collegeteam = University of Pennsylvania Quakers | club = | team = | turnedpro = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = }}
'''David Micahnik''' (born November 5, 1938) was an American fencer and fencing coach. He was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, and is Jewish.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=pm8wAQAAIAAJ&q=%22herb+cohen%22+jewish+fencer ''Jewish Currents''<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Biography== Micahnik attended the University of Pennsylvania (1959), fencing for the University of Pennsylvania Quakers, and was a first-team All-Ivy selection in epee as a senior.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.pennathletics.com/sports/2016/6/24/_131485206981203044.aspx The Coach Dave Micahnik Center - University of Pennsylvania<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> He was the 1960 U.S. National Champion.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite sports-reference |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/david-micahnik-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162642/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/david-micahnik-1.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= April 17, 2020 |title= David Micahnik |accessdate= November 8, 2010}}</ref>
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.<ref name=autogenerated2>[http://www.pennathletics.com/sports/2016/7/6/_131485204742795339.aspx "David M. Micahnik" - University of Pennsylvania<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He again won the individual and team gold medals in epee at the 1969 Maccabiah Games.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> He coached the U.S. fencing teams at the 1985 Maccabiah Games and the 1993 Maccabiah Games.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
Micahnik is a member of the USFA Hall of Fame.<ref name="usfencinghalloffame">{{cite web|url=http://usfencinghalloffame.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=134&Itemid=52 |title=Micahnik, David M. |accessdate=March 20, 2012 |work=usfencinghalloffame |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320005508/http://usfencinghalloffame.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=134&Itemid=52 |archivedate=March 20, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref>
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