Nzingha Prescod
| Nzingha Prescod | |
|---|---|
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| Personal information | |
| Born | August 14, 1992 Brooklyn, New York |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | United States |
| Sport | Fencing |
| 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 female foil fencer,[1] bronze medalist 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 was named after Nzingha Mbande, a queen in what is now Angola, who fought against colonization by the Portuguese Empire.[2] She graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 2010 and Columbia University in 2015.[3]
In 2016 she was one of eight Olympians selected for a six-month internship with EY (the former Ernst & Young) through its Women Athletes Business Network.[4] As of 2020, she was working in data analytics for EY.[5]
Prescod, suffering from avascular necrosis, had been training and competing for a year in increasing pain. In January 2020, facing the necessity of hip replacement surgery, Prescod announced her retirement from competition.[5]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "PRESCOD Nzingha". fie.org. International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ "Nzingha Prescod". Team USA. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
- ^ "EY Offers Internships to Female Olympians". olympians.org. World Olympians Association. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ a b Bowker, Paul D. (Jan 15, 2020). "Facing Painful Hip Condition, Fencer Nzingha Prescod Forced To Retire Just Short Of Third Olympics". teamusa.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
External links
- Nzingha Prescod at the International Fencing Federation
- Nzingha Prescod at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Profile at US Fencing
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