Gay Jacobsen D'Asaro

Who is Gay Jacobsen D'Asaro?

Gay Kristine Jacobsen D'Asaro is an American Olympic foil fencer.

She attended and fenced at the University of California at Santa Barbara from 1972–74 and fenced for San Jose State University in late the 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, 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 MacLellan.