Gay Jacobsen D'Asaro
Gay Kristine Jacobsen D'Asaro is an American Olympic foil fencer.
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, 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.
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 National Champion
- 1979 NIWFA Pan American Team Member
- 1980 U.S. Olympic Team Foil Fencer
Honors
- UC Santa Barbara Hall of Fame
- 2001-2005 Appointed to USFA Fencing Officials Commission
- 2002 Olympian Procession at Oregon Sports Authority
- 2004 Inducted into United States Fencing Association Hall of Fame