Bob Cottingham (born April 16, 1966) is an American fencer who competed in the sabre events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. Raised in Orange, New Jersey playing football and lacrosse, Cottingham got into fencing as a high school student at Montclair Kimberley Academy. He fenced for the Columbia Lions fencing team. A four-time All-American in fencing at Columbia University, Cottingham went on to receive a J.D. from Rutgers University and now heads a business consulting firm, Sabre88. He is also heavily involved with the Peter Westbrook Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to exposing New York City youths to fencing. In November 2012, he was named as a 2013 recipient of the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, presented each year to six distinguished former student-athletes on the 25th anniversary of the end of their college sports careers. References External links 1966 births Living people American male sabre fencers Columbia Lions fencers Olympic fencers of the United States Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Montclair Kimberley Academy alumni People from Orange, New Jersey Sportspeople from Essex County, New Jersey Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Fencers at the 1987 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine people