Peter Westbrook, a fencer who competed at five Olympics, winning a bronze medal, and started a New York City fencing academy that produced many Olympians and made a profound impact on even more ...
The marriage ended when Peter was a young boy. Both of his parents are deceased. Ms. Wada-Westbrook, known for helping to feed the homeless in Newark, died in a horrific, widely publicized ...
Correction/clarification: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the number of Olympic athletes coached by Peter Westbrook. He helped develop 16 Olympians. Peter Westbrook, the ...
Peter Westbrook, the first Black American fencer to win an Olympic medal and who later developed multiple Olympians while coaching underserved youth in New York, died Friday, according to his ...
Peter Westbrook, a six-time Olympian who was inspired ... and Asian American to win a medal in fencing at the Summer Games, died Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in the New York City borough of Manhattan.