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| Born | February 14, 1983 Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | sabre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nellya Fencers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Arkady Burdan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | rankings (archive) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sada Molly Jacobson (born February 14, 1983) is a famous American fencer who competed in the Olympic Games. She won three Olympic medals, including a silver medal in 2008 and a bronze medal in 2004, both in individual sabre fencing. Sada also won a gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. In 2016, she was honored by being added to the United States Fencing Hall of Fame.
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About Sada Jacobson
Sada Jacobson was born in Rochester, Minnesota. Her family has a strong connection to fencing. Her father, David Jacobson, was a fencer on the 1974 U.S. National fencing team. Her mother, Tina Jacobson, also fenced competitively. Sada has two sisters, Emily Jacobson and Jackie Jacobson, who are also fencers. Emily is even a Junior World Champion and an Olympic fencer!
Sada went to The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia. She later studied history at Yale University. Before going to college, she took a break to train full-time for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Sada's Fencing Journey
Sada started training at Nellya Fencers when she was young. Her main coach was Arkady Burdan. She also trained with Henry Hartunian while at Yale.
College and Junior Success
Sada was a fantastic fencer in college. She won the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) sabre championship twice for Yale University, in 2001 and 2002. In her first year at Yale, she had an amazing record of 30 wins and no losses in the regular season.
She also won the Under-19 National Championship in 2001. In 2003, she became the World Junior Fencing Champion in women's sabre.
World Championships
Sada was part of the U.S. team at the Senior World Championships four times between 2000 and 2003. In 2000, when she was just 17, her team won the gold medal at the Women's Sabre World Championship.
She also won an individual bronze medal at the 2006 World Fencing Championships. In her first individual World Championships in 2001, she finished 12th. She improved to 5th place in both 2002 and 2003.
Pan American Games Champion
In 2003, Sada won the gold medal in sabre at the 2003 Pan American Games. This was a big win for her.
National Champion
Sada won the U.S. women's sabre championship twice. She won in 2004, even beating her sister in the final match! She won again in 2006. She was ranked as the number one fencer in the U.S. from June 2003 to October 2005.
World's Top Fencer
In 2004, when Sada was 19 years old, she made history. She became the first American woman to be ranked number one in the world in sabre fencing. She was only the second U.S. fencer ever to achieve this, after male fencer Keeth Smart.
Olympic Medals
Sada Jacobson is famous for her Olympic achievements.
- At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal in women's sabre. This was special because it was the first time this event was held at the Olympics. Her match happened before the gold medal match, so she became the very first Olympic medalist in women's sabre.
- At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won two more medals. She earned a silver medal in the individual sabre event. She also won a bronze medal as part of the U.S. women's team sabre event.
Life After Fencing
After the 2008 Olympic competitions, Sada decided to retire from competitive fencing. She wanted to focus on her studies and start a new chapter in her life. She went to University of Michigan Law School and earned her law degree in 2011.
In May 2009, Sada married Brendan Brunelle Bâby. He was also a fencer who competed in épée and was part of three NCAA championship teams. They got married at the Nellya Fencers Club in Atlanta, which was a special place for Sada as she had trained there for both of her Olympic appearances.
Awards and Honors
Sada Jacobson has received many awards for her achievements:
- She received the Marty Glickman Award for Outstanding Jewish Scholastic Athlete of the Year in both 2002 and 2005.
- In 2002, she was named Academic All-Ivy League for her excellent grades and sports performance.
- She was named the U.S. Fencer of the Year in 2003.
- Also in 2003, she was inducted into the U.S. National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
- In 2012, she was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
- In 2016, she was honored by being added to the United States Fencing Hall of Fame.
See also
In Spanish: Sada Jacobson para niños
- List of select Jewish fencers
- List of Jewish Olympic medalists
- List of NCAA fencing champions
