Duke Athletics Mourns Passing of Elizabeth Beguinet

12/18/2022 1:30:00 PM | Fencing, Athletics

DURHAM - Elizabeth Beguinet, Director of Administration and Recruiting for the Duke fencing program, passed away Saturday after a long fight with cancer.

Elizabeth is survived by her husband Alex, Duke's head fencing coach since 1985, and daughter, Heather, a Duke graduate.

Elizabeth was a team co-manager for the 2006 Junior/Cadet World Championship Team in Taebaek, Korea, and team co-manager for the 2006 Senior World Championships in Turin, Italy. She was also a manager at the 1991 Olympic Festival in Los Angeles.

Elizabeth was a member of the US Fencing Association's Coaches College staff as manager since 1991. She assumed the position of Associate Director of the US Fencing's Coaching Development Program in 1999, a position she held until the program was dissolved in 2011.

Elizabeth earned a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Mathematics, Sociology and Women Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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