Nzingha Prescod | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Brooklyn, New York | August 14, 1992
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | United States |
Weapon | Foil |
Hand | right-handed |
Club | Peter Westbrook Foundation |
Head coach | Buckie Leach |
FIE ranking | current ranking |
Nzingha Prescod (born August 14, 1992) is an American foil fencer, World Champion in foil at the 2008 and 2009 Cadet World Cups, bronze medalist at the 2015 World Fencing Championships, three-time medalist at the Pan American Games, and two-time Olympian.[1][2] She has ranked as high as world # 5.[3] Prescod was selected as an athlete director on the USA Fencing Board of Directors beginning in January 2021.