Gay Jacobsen D'Asaro

Gay Kristine Jacobsen D'Asaro (now Gay MacLellan) 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 2 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 (Jacobsen) MacLellan

1980 Olympics

Due to Jimmy Carter's ban on the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympic Games, D'Asaro and the rest of her Olympic Fencing team did not compete in the games.

Accomplishments

*1973 "Under 20" National Champion
*1973 World Championships
*1974 U.S. Women's Foil National Champion
*1975 NIWFA Pan American Team Member
*1976 U.S. Olympic Team Foil Fencer
*1978 U.S. Women's Foil Champion
*1979 NIWFA Pan American Team Member "(won Bronze medal)"
*1980 U.S. Olympic Team Foil Fencer

Honors

*UC Santa Barbara Hall of Fame (Fencing 1972-74)
*2001-2005 Appointed to USFA Fencing Officials Commission
*2002 Olympian Procession at Oregon Sports Authority
*2004 Inducted into USFA (United States Fencing Association) Hall of Fame

Academic Work

*"A History of the Amateur Fencers League of America"
- D'Asaro, G.K.J. 1983. A history of the Amateur Fencers League of America. Unpublished thesis, Ph.D. dissertation. (U860 .D37, San Jose State University)

Former Students

*Ben Beecher
*Deborah Bjonerud
*Brady Brim-DeForest
*Ray Debs
*Skyler Giardano
*Jeff Richardson
*Bruno Gossens

ee also

* List of American foil fencers
* USFA
* USFA Hall of Fame

External links

* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pafc/Pan_American_Games_Results.htm Pan American Games Results]
* [http://usfencinghalloffame.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84&Itemid=70 USFA Hall of Fame Listing]