15 December 2008

Sada Jacobson

Sada Jacobson (born February 14, 1983 in Dunwoody, Georgia) is an American fencer. She is the 2008 Olympic Individual Sabre silver medalist and 2004 Olympic Individual Sabre bronze medalist.

Women's Fencing
Olympic Games
Silver 2008 Beijing Individual Sabre
Bronze 2004 Athens Individual Sabre
Bronze 2008 Beijing Team Sabre
World Championships
Gold 2000 Budapest Team Sabre
Gold 2005 Leipzig Team Sabre
Silver 2004 New York Team Sabre
Silver 2006 Turin Team Sabre
Bronze 2006 Turin Individual Sabre
Pan American Games
Gold 2003 Santo Domingo Individual Sabre

Biography

Jacobson is a daughter of David Jacobson, a member of the 1974 U.S. National fencing team in saber and now an endocrinologist, and Tina Jacobson, who has also fenced competitively.

She is the sister of fellow U.S. Olympic team fencer Emily Jacobson and world-class fencer Jackie Jacobson.[1]

Jacobson swam competitively for 2 years in high school.[2] She postponed her college career to train full-time for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

She graduated with a history degree from Morse College, Yale University.[3] She plans to begin law school at the University of Michigan in the fall of 2008.[4]

She has been coached by Arkady Burdan of Nellya Fencers, and Henry Hartunian at Yale.

more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sada_Jacobson