As Auset Muhammad’s father Malcolm surfed the web, he called her over to his seat at the computer.
“‘Hey Auset, do you want to do fencing?’” Malcolm said to then 8-year-old Auset.
Immediately, Muhammad thought she was going to be driving around the southside of Chicago to build fences. Her father then pulled up an image of two fencers in the middle of an exchange from the 2004 Olympics.
The image sparked her interest and led to her pursuing a career in the sport.
“After my first couple fencing classes, I was just like ‘Wow, I absolutely love this sport,’” Muhammad said.