Sada Jacobson

Background Jacobson was born in Rochester, Minnesota, and is Jewish. Her parents are David Jacobson, a member of the 1974 U.S. National fencing team in saber who was an All-American fencer at Yale University and now an endocrinologist, and Tina Jacobson, who also fenced competitively. She is the sister of fellow U.S. Olympic team fencer and Junior World Champion Emily Jacobson, and fencer Jackie Jacobson.

Jacobson swam competitively for two years in high school. She postponed her college career to train full-time for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Her hometown is Dunwoody, Georgia, and she has lived in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2000. She graduated with a history degree from Morse College, Yale University. She studied history at Yale University.

Fencing career She trained at Nellya Fencers from a young age. She has been coached by Arkady Burdan of Nellya Fencers, and Henry Hartunian at Yale. She won another bronze medal at the 2006 World Fencing Championships sabre competition.

Pan American Games Jacobson won the gold medal in sabre at the 2003 Pan American Games.

Olympic medals Jacobson won the bronze medal in women's sabre at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the first year that event was hosted at the Olympics. Her match took place before the gold-silver match, and therefore Jacobson became the first women's sabre Olympic medalist. She won the silver medal in individual sabre

Post-fencing career Jacobson indicated that she intended to retire from competitive fencing after the 2008 Olympic competitions concluded, and focus on law school, and starting life with her fiancé. She graduated with a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 2011. She was named Academic All-Ivy League for 2002. In 2003 Jacobson was named the U.S. Fencer of the Year. In 2012, she was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.