Nzingha Prescod was born on August 14,1992 and 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.
14 Facts About Nzingha Prescod
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Nzingha Prescod graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City in 2010.
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Nzingha Prescod graduated from Columbia University in 2015, majoring in Political Science, and fencing for the Columbia Lions fencing team.
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Nzingha Prescod took the following year off to train for the Olympics.
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Nzingha Prescod was World Champion in foil at the 2008 and 2009 Cadet World Cups.
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Nzingha Prescod placed third in women's foil at the 2011 Pan American Championships.
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In 2013, Nzingha Prescod became the first US women's foil fencer to win a Grand Prix title when she won the gold medal at the Marseilla Foil Grand Prix in France.
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Nzingha Prescod finished third in the Division I Women's Foil at the 2015 January NAC.
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Nzingha Prescod was a bronze medalist at the 2015 World Fencing Championships.
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Nzingha Prescod fenced in the 2016 Rio Olympics at 23 years of age, and came in 11th.
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In 2016 Nzingha Prescod was one of eight Olympians selected for a six-month internship with EY through its Women Athletes Business Network.
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Nzingha Prescod, suffering from avascular necrosis, trained and competed for a year in increasing pain.
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In January 2020, facing the necessity of hip replacement surgery, Nzingha Prescod announced her retirement from competition.
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Nzingha Prescod was selected as an athlete director on the USA Fencing Board of Directors beginning on January 1,2021, as the top vote-getter in a vote by athletes who represented the US at the Olympics or Paralympics, Pan American Games, or Senior World Championships.