Sada Jacobson

Sada Molly Jacobson baby ( born February 14, 1983 in Rochester, Minnesota) is an American fencer.

Jacobson grew up in a family of saber fencers. Her father David Jacobson in 1974, was a member of the U.S. Fencing National Team. Her younger sister Emily is two -time Junior World Champion.

Sada Jacobson began even before the age of 15 years to the sport of fencing. However, your coach Arkady Burdan, who fled in 1989 from the Soviet Union, led quickly to the top.

At their first World Cup in 2000 in Budapest, she contributed to winning the U.S. national team. In the individual competition Jacobson started for the first time at the 2001 World Championships in Nimes and immediately became the Twelfth. In 2002, she already came in fifth at the World Championships in Lisbon. This rank they achieved in the following year at the World Championships in Havana.

2003 moved Jacobson after winning a World Cup event in New York No. 1 on the FIE World Ranking ago. This had previously not yet reached U.S. Fencing.

In 2004, Jacobson qualified for the Olympic Summer Games in Athens. In the individual competition, she won a bronze medal on 17 August 2004. In the battle for 3rd place they defeated the Romanian Catalina Gheorghitoaia with 15:7. Previously, Jacobson was defeated in the semi-finals with just 12:15 of the later silver medalist Tan Xue.

Jacobson currently studied at Yale University. In preparation for the Olympics she interrupted her studies for three semesters.

In 2008, she again took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing and won a silver and a bronze medal.