Peter Westbrook of the Peter Westbrook Foundation at the Fencers Club in Manhattan, New York is pictured on Saturday, December 7, 2019. (Clarissa Sosin / New York Daily News via Getty Images) Clarissa ...
Peter Westbrook, who became the first Black fencer to win an Olympic medal for the U.S., then started a New York City fencing academy that produced many Olympians and made a profound impact on ...
Peter Westbrook, the first Black American fencer to win an Olympic medal and who later developed multiple Olympic champions while coaching underserved youth in New York, died Friday, according to his ...