Peter Westbrook Foundation (PWF) Caps Off Successful Summer with Historic World Championship Medal

NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Peter Westbrook Foundation's (PWF's) elite athletes joined the best fencers in the world to compete with Championship titles on the line last month at the 2017 World Fencing Championship in Leipzig, Germany.  The event is the premiere event of the championship fencing season which begins in June with the Pan-American Championships and finishes with the World Fencing Championships in late July.  The Peter Westbrook Foundation represented one of the largest contingents of competitors at the event with a quarter of Team USA Fencing members representing the program.  Olympic Silver Medalist, Daryl Homer; Two-time Olympian, Nzingha Prescod; National Champion, Adam Rodney and World Team Champions Ibtihaj Muhammad and Benjamin Bratton were all selected as the top fencers in their respective disciplines to represent the PWF and United States of America in the event.

Highlighting the event, Nzingha Prescod, won the Silver Medal in Women's Team Foil.  Prescod entered the 2016-17 season slowly as she recovered from hip surgery for injuries sustained after competing in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero last August.  Although not selected to compete in the individual event this year, Prescod delivered in spades when she was called on as a late alternate to compete in the team event. Tapping into over 15 years of experience, Prescod was able to lead the foil team in wins against Argentina, China, and Russia before losing to Italy in the final.  The silver medal win, would be the first in the history of the United States for a Women's Foil squad and second world championship medal for Prescod who made history in 2015 with an Individual Silver medal.

"Nzingha continues to impress in her display of resilience this year as she recovered from injury," said Peter Westbrook.  "We are proud that she has been able to conquer the mental hurdles in returning to her sport and of her extraordinary success at this year's World Championship event."

This summer, the PWF also celebrates its inclusion on the TV documentary series Religion of Sports.  The series will be featured on cable television and then distributed around the world and is produced by New England Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady; former New York Giant and current Good Morning America co-host, Michael Strahan; and Gotham Chopra, filmmaker and son of Deepak Chopra, the New Age, alternative medicine guru.  The show follows the premise that sports are a kind of religion and celebrates the transcendent power of sports.  The Peter Westbrook Foundation will be highlighted, featuring some of the program's most prominent members.

"It is an honor to be included in the Religion of Sports documentary series," said founder, Peter Westbrook.  "The PWF is founded under the premise that fencing has a transformative effect on the lives of the young people we serve and this docuseries is a perfect fit for highlighting that aspect of our program."

Contact:
Benjamin Bratton
917-673-7648

SOURCE Peter Westbrook Foundation