Team USA’s Men’s Foil Fencers Aim To Parry Their Way To Gold: “Together, We Are Unstoppable”
All told the foursome each owns at least one Olympic medal, plus a combined 25 world championships medals.
Athlete Bio#
Height
5'4"
Age
32
Hometown
Brooklyn, NY
Education
Stuyvesant High School (New York, N.Y.) '10 Columbia University '15, Political Science
Personal
Daughter of Homer Richardson and Marva Prescod...Has one sister, Tekeya...Interests include shopping, baking, Pilates and trying new foods...Started fencing at the Peter Westbrook Foundation at age 9...Earned her first senior world medal at age 15...After qualifying for six consecutive cadet/junior world championship teams, and three consecutive senior teams, she concluded her final year competing at the junior level in 2012 when she qualified to represent Team USA at the London 2012 Olympic Games at age 19.Career Highlights
- 2015 Pan American Games, silver (team)
- 2011 Pan American Games, gold (team); silver (individual)
Olympic Experience
- 2-time Olympian
- Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 11th (Individual Foil - Women)
- Olympic Games London 2012, 6th (Team Foil - Women), 22th (Individual Foil - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – bronze (Team Foil - Women), 22th (Individual Foil - Women)
- Years of participation: Individual Foil - Women 2007, 2008, 2009, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019; Team Foil - Women 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
- Medals: 5 (3 gold, 2 bronze)
- Gold – 2018 (Team Foil - Women); 2009 (Individual Foil - Women); 2008 (Individual Foil - Women)
- Bronze – 2019 (Team Foil - Women); 2015 (Individual Foil - Women)
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