Gay Jacobsen D'Asaro

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Gay Jacobsen D'Asaro
Personal information
Born (1954-10-07) 7 October 1954 (age 70)
Modesto, California, United States
Sport
Sport Fencing
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1979 San Juan Team foil
USFA National Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1973 Under 20 Individual Foil
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1974 Individual Foil
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1978 Individual Foil

Gay Kristine Jacobsen D'Asaro (now Gay MacLellan) is an American Olympic foil fencer. [1]

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She attended the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1972 to 1974 and fenced as a member of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos. She later transferred and fenced for San Jose State University in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She holds a record for two National Titles, and was a 1-rated Referee. She was inducted into the USFA Hall of Fame in 2004. As a child, she lived in Ripon, California, [2] and later, lived in Ashland, Oregon, where she taught private fencing lessons. She was a student of coach Michael D'Asaro Sr., whom she later married. As of 2006, she no longer uses last name D'Asaro, and now goes by her married name: Gay (Jacobsen) MacLellan.

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References

  1. "Gay Jacobsen D'Asaro Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  2. "Spartan Women in Sport: Gay MacLellan, '83 MA Kinesiology – Washington Square: The Stories of San Jose State University". blogs.sjsu.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  3. Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN   978-0942257403.