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 even ...

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

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.

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 ...