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100 sporting stories for 100 years of Poland at the Olympics

23.03.2024 14:00
One among the 100 Polish sporting heroes is Egon Franke.
Gdańsk 07.1963. Silver-medal winning team, from the left: Janusz Różycki, Egon Franke, Henryk Nielaba, Witold Woyda, Ryszard Parulski
Gdańsk 07.1963. Silver-medal winning team, from the left: Janusz Różycki, Egon Franke, Henryk Nielaba, Witold Woyda, Ryszard Parulski Photo: PAP/Zbigniew Matuszewski

Polish Radio 1 ("Jedynka") has been broadcasting the stories of Polish sporting heroes, on the occasion of the centenary of Poland's first participation in the Olympic Games, in 1924. (Polish speakers can find a list of stories thus far celebrated here.)

Egon Franke (1935 – 2022) was a Polish fencer. He won gold in the individual foil at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, as well a team silver medal. 

Franke was born in Gliwice in Silesia and was the first Polish gold-medal winner in fencing:

Franke died in 2002, at the age of 86:

Sources: Polskie Radio Jedynka, X

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