Nzingha Prescod

Sport: Fencing

Nation: United States of America

DOB: August 14, 1992

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

Career Highlights: The 2011 Pan Am Games silver medalist had already qualified for London before the Division I national championships in April and chose to skip the event as a result. Prescod earned gold medals in team competition at the Pan American Championships and Pan American Games last year, and also took individual gold and team silver at the junior worlds in 2011. She added an individual bronze at the Pan American Championships. Consistently ranked in the top 16 in the world, she is holding down the No. 15 world ranking and the No. 2 spot in the United States. She has been on three straight world championship teams.

Olympic History: None