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Nikki Franke (born March 31, 1951) is an American former fencer and fencing coach. She fenced for
Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls nearly 14,000 students on a campus in the Midwood and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn as of fall ...
, and was an All American. She competed in the women's individual and team
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events at the
1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...
, and fenced at the 1975 and 1979
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, earning a silver medal in the individual competition in 1975, and a bronze medal in the team event in both years. As head coach of the Temple University women's fencing team, she was named the USFCA Coach of the Year in 1983, 1987, 1988, and 1991.


Brooklyn College

Franke attended
Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls nearly 14,000 students on a campus in the Midwood and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn as of fall ...
, where she earned a B.S. with honors in 1972. She chose the college for its fencing, and fenced for it for four years, from 1968 to 1972. She was an
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, and in her senior year she took third at the NIWFA collegiate championship. In 1979 she was inducted into the Brooklyn College Hall of Fame.


Competition

She competed in the women's individual and team
foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ma ...
events at the
1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...
. Franke competed at the 1975 and 1979
Pan American Games The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ...
, earning a silver medal in the individual competition in 1975 and a bronze medal in the team event in both years. She qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. She was one of 461 athletes to receive a
Congressional Gold Medal The Congressional Gold Medal is the oldest and highest civilian award in the United States, alongside the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It is bestowed by vote of the United States Congress, signed into law by the president. The Gold Medal exp ...
years later.


Temple University

She is currently the head coach of the
Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist ministe ...
women's fencing team. Franke was named the USFCA Coach of the Year four times (in 1983, 1987, 1988, and 1991). Franke received a master's degree in Health Education from Temple in 1975 and completed the doctoral program in 1988. She recently retired as an associate professor in Temple University's Department of Public Health. In the 2017–2018 season. she reached a significant milestone with getting her 800th victory at Temple on February 4 at Northwestern. In her 46 years as the head coach of the woman's foil she compiled a record of 807–242–1. While leading the fencers to 46 postseason appearances that include 22 straight NIWFA championships titles.


Black Women In Sport Foundation

She is one of the co-founders of the foundation along with Tina Sloan Green, Alpha Alexander, and Linda Greene. It's a non-profit foundation that is based in Philadelphia that encourages black women and girls to participate in all areas of sport such as coaching and the administration of it.


See also

*
List of USFA Hall of Fame members This is a list of the members of the United States Fencing Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame itself is on display at the Museum of American Fencing, in Shreveport, Louisiana. 1963–1978 ''Note:'' The USFA Hall of Fame Committee was disbanded in 197 ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Franke, Nikki 1951 births Living people American female foil fencers American fencing coaches Olympic fencers for the United States Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Fencers from New York City Congressional Gold Medal recipients Fencers at the 1975 Pan American Games Fencers at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in fencing Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in fencing Brooklyn College alumni 20th-century American sportswomen