Editing Keeth Smart (section)

==Early life and education==
Smart was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]], and grew up in [[Flatbush, Brooklyn|Flatbush]], Brooklyn, New York City.<ref name="Three Musketeers">Olivesi, Marine. [https://archive.today/20110807223419/http://www.columbiajournalist.org/article.asp?subj=sports&course=RW1_Ojito&id=2373 "'Three Musketeers' from Flatbush say goodbye to high-level fencing"], ''The Columbia Journalist'', 14 September 2008.</ref> His parents were Thomas R. Smart Jr. (a production manager<ref name="Three Musketeers" /> and later an economist) and Liz Smart (a teacher who had come to the United States from Jamaica).<ref name="NYTimes wedding" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/stay-close-pbs-film-spotlights-race-adversity-black-man-s-n1111351|title='Stay Close': PBS film spotlights race, adversity and a black man’s rare success in the sport of fencing|date=February 5, 2020|website=NBC News|author= Curtis Bunn}}</ref> At the urging of his parents, he and his younger sister [[Erinn Smart|Erinn]] began to learn fencing at the [[Peter Westbrook Foundation]],<ref name="Three Musketeers" /> whose founder, [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic]] sabre bronze-medalist [[Peter Westbrook]], was his mentor.

Smart graduated from [[Brooklyn Technical High School]] in 1996.<ref name="US Fencing 527">[http://www.usfencing.org/athlete/athlete/527 Profile] at US Fencing</ref> He graduated from [[Saint John's University, New York|St. John's University]] in New York City in 2001, majoring in finance.<ref name="US Fencing 527" /> He later received his [[MBA]] from [[Columbia University]] in 2010, and now works as a Senior Vice President for [https://www.chelseapiers.com/fitness/ Chelsea Piers Fitness] which he had joined in 2017.<ref name="Three Musketeers" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://clubsolutionsmagazine.com/2022/03/keeth-smart-the-bottom-line/|title=Keeth Smart: The Bottom Line|first=Rachel|last=Zabonick-Chonko|date=March 30, 2022|website=Club Solutions Magazine}}</ref>