winning a bronze medal in individual saber—marking the first Olympic fencing medal for a Black American and the first for any American in 36 years. A five-time Olympian, he competed from the ...

Scruggs made history as the first Black American woman to win an individual medal in fencing. It also marked the first time American women won both gold and silver Olympic medals at individual ...

Additionally, Scruggs made history in the process, becoming the first Black American woman to earn an individual fencing medal at the Paris Olympics, Essence reports. “Fencing has largely ...

but achieved a gold medal distinction, becoming the first Black American woman to win an individual fencing Olympic medal. Lee Kiefer won the gold medal with a score of 15-6. Scruggs was also the ...

(Clarissa Sosin / New York Daily News via Getty Images) Clarissa Sosin Peter Westbrook, who became the first Black fencer to win an Olympic medal for the U.S., then started a New York City fencing ...

After Scruggs, 21, became the first Black American woman to win an individual Olympic fencing medal, she clinched gold for the U.S. team. By Alexandra E. Petri After Lauren Scruggs clinched the ...

The day of the women’s foil individual gold medal bout, Lauren Scruggs spent an hour lying down in her room, thinking about what she was about to do and the road to get there. Going into the ...

who became the first Black American woman to win an individual medal in fencing in 2024 — exactly 40 years after Westbrook broke the color barrier in the Olympic sport. “I just thought African ...

Her silver earlier in the Olympics also made Scruggs the first black out lesbian to medal in a fencing event. Lauren Scruggs (USA) competes against Martina Favaretto (ITA) in the women’s foil ...

A Harvard student and Queens native at her first Olympics, a Black athlete in ... Now her silver medal, along with Kiefer’s gold, has put U.S. fencing back in the spotlight after years in ...

Scruggs became the first Black American woman to win an individual medal in fencing as Team USA took the top two spots. Defending Olympic champion Lee Kiefer, 30, won her second gold medal by ...

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 ...