Nzingha Prescod

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

Nzingha Prescod
Personal information
Born (1992-08-14) August 14, 1992
Brooklyn, New York
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportFencing
WeaponFoil
Handright-handed
ClubPeter Westbrook Foundation
Head coachBuckie Leach
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
World Championships
2018 WuxiTeam
2017 LeipzigTeam
2015 MoscowIndividual
2019 BudapestTeam

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
  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. "PRESCOD Nzingha". fie.org. International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  3. "Nzingha Prescod". Team USA. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  4. "EY Offers Internships to Female Olympians". olympians.org. World Olympians Association. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  5. 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.
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