# David Micahnik

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{{Short description|American fencer}}
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| birth_date     = {{birth date|1938|11|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [Hazleton, Pennsylvania](/source/Hazleton%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
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'''David Micahnik''' (born November 5, 1938) was an American [fencer](/source/fencing) and fencing coach. He was born in [Hazleton, Pennsylvania](/source/Hazleton%2C_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](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania) (1959), fencing for the [University of Pennsylvania Quakers](/source/Penn_Quakers_fencing), 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](/source/%C3%A9p%C3%A9e) events at the [1960](/source/1960_Summer_Olympics), [1964](/source/1964_Summer_Olympics) and [1968 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/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](/source/1969_Maccabiah_Games).<ref name=autogenerated2 /> He coached the U.S. fencing teams at the [1985 Maccabiah Games](/source/1985_Maccabiah_Games) and the [1993 Maccabiah Games](/source/1993_Maccabiah_Games).<ref name=autogenerated1 />

Micahnik is a member of the [USFA Hall of Fame](/source/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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Category:1938 births
Category:Living people
Category:American male épée fencers
Category:American male foil fencers
Category:Olympic fencers for the United States
Category:Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Category:Jewish épée fencers
Category:Jewish foil fencers
Category:Jewish American sportspeople
Category:Maccabiah Games medalists in fencing
Category:Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States
Category:Maccabiah Games silver medalists for the United States
Category:Competitors at the 1965 Maccabiah Games
Category:Competitors at the 1969 Maccabiah Games
Category:Penn Quakers fencers
Category:21st-century American Jews
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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