Nzingha Prescod

Nzingha Prescod
Personal information
Born (1992-08-14) 14 August 1992
Brooklyn, New York
Weapon(s) foil
Hand right-handed
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Club Peter Westbrook Foundation
Head coach(es) Buckie Leach
FIE Ranking current ranking

Nzingha Prescod (born August 14, 1992) is an American female foil fencer,[1] bronze medallist at the 2015 World Fencing Championships.

She took part in the individual event of the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she was defeated 10-15 in the table of 32 by Hungary's Aida Mohamed. In the team event team USA lost to South Korea in the quarter-finals and finished 6th after the placement matches.

Prescod graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 2010 and Columbia University in 2015.[2]

References

  1. "Nzingha Prescod". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  2. "Nzingha Prescod". Team USA. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
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