Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Egon Johann•Franke |
Used name | Egon•Franke |
Born | 23 October 1935 in Gliwice, Śląskie (POL) |
Died | 30 March 2022 in Chieri, Torino (ITA) |
Measurements | 178 cm / 70 kg |
Affiliations | Budowlanych Gliwice/Piasta Gliwice/Legia Warszawa |
NOC | ![]() |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 1 |
Silver | 1 |
Bronze | 1 |
Total | 3 |
Foil fencer Egon Franke participated in three consecutive Olympic Games from 1960-68. He earned individual gold medal in 1964 and a team silver the same year, in addition to team bronze in 1968. At the World Championships he won one team gold, one team silver and four team bronzes, in addition to individual bronze in 1963. He later worked as a fencing coach in Italy, where he lived with his wife Elżbieta Franke-Cymerman, who also was an Olympic fencer.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1960 Summer Olympics | Fencing | ![]() |
Egon Franke | |||
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) | Poland | =5 | ||||
1964 Summer Olympics | Fencing | ![]() |
Egon Franke | |||
Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 1 | Gold | ||||
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) | Poland | 2 | Silver | |||
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) | Poland | |||||
1968 Summer Olympics | Fencing | ![]() |
Egon Franke | |||
Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic) | ||||||
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) | Poland | 3 | Bronze |