Nzingha Prescod

Nzingha Prescod
Personal information
Born (1992-08-14) August 14, 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. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  2. "Nzingha Prescod". Team USA. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
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