Peter Westbrook, who became the first Black fencer to win an Olympic medal for the U.S., then started a New York City fencing ...

Peter Westbrook was the first African-American and Asian-American to medal in Olympic fencing, later launching a foundation ...

Peter Westbrook, who in 1984 became the first Black American fencer to win an Olympic medal, started a foundation that ...

Olympic fencer Peter Westbrook passed away on Nov. 29 at the age of 72 leaving behind a legacy almost impossible to calculate.

He eventually earned a full fencing scholarship to New York University where he flourished under the coaches, winning an NCAA sabre title in 1973 before graduating with a B.S. degree in marketing in ...

“Peter Westbrook was a legend both on and off the fencing strip,” USA Fencing CEO Phil Andrews said in a statement ... “I wanted to teach them how to win and lose, deal with stress, control their ...

Peter Westbrook, a groundbreaking fencer who became the first African-American and Asian-American to win a medal in fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics, died on Friday, November 29 in New York City.

After also qualifying for the 1980 Moscow Olympic team but not competing due ... chief executive of USA Fencing, told the Times in an interview on Saturday.