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Nomimated by
the NY Chapter, 1998 JA of the Biennium awardee
Peter Westbrook is being considered as a subject
for a Walt Disney produced movie. Peter is
America's most decorated Olympic fencer, having
competed in six consecutive Olympic Games spanning
from 1976 in Montreal to 1996 in Atlanta. He was
bronze medalist in sabre fencing in 1984. Growing
up in the streets of Newark, New Jersey of an
African American father and a Japanese mother,
Peter started work with inner city youth 12 years
ago to give them an alternative to violence and
social problems plaguing many of their communities.
Today, the Foundation which he began with his own
funds provides lessons in fencing as well as
tutoring and other educational opportunities to
hundreds of young people. In 2001 six of these
athletes qualified for the Senior World Fencing
Championships in Nimes, France.