Gay Jacobsen D'Asaro

Gay Kristine Jacobsen D'Asaro (now Gay MacLellan) is an American Olympic foil fencer.

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• Accomplishments
• Honors
• Academic work
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She attended the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1972–74 and fenced as a member of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos. She later transferred 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 (Jacobsen) MacLellan.