Gay Jacobsen D'Asaro

American fencer

Born

7 October 1954, Modesto

Citizenship

United States

Sport

fencing

Occupation

fencer

Height

175 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

63 kg (139 lb)

Gay Kristine Jacobsen D'Asaro (now Gay MacLellan) 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 (Jacobsen) MacLellan.

Competitions

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q3759040 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.