Emily Phillipa Jacobson (born December 2, 1985, in

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) is an American Olympic

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. She won a bronze medal in the

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, and was 2004 Junior World Champion in women's saber.

Background

Jacobson was born in

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, and is Jewish. She is a daughter of David Jacobson, an endocrinologist who was a member of the 1974 U.S. National fencing team in saber and also a former Yale fencer, and Tina Jacobson, who has also fenced competitively.Jacobson, Emily and Sada – Museum Of American Fencing
/ref>"Emily Jacobson" – Columbia University Lions
/ref> She is the younger sister of fellow U.S. Olympic team fencer

Sada Jacobson Sada Molly Jacobson (born February 14, 1983) is an American Olympic fencer. She is the 2008 Olympic Individual Sabre silver medalist in women's sabre (one of three Olympic medals), the 2004 Olympic Individual Sabre bronze medalist in women's ...

, born in February 1983. She also has a younger sister, Jackie, who was born February 26, 1989, who is also a world-class fencer. Jacobson graduated from The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2004. She attended Columbia University, where she was a psychology major, and graduated in 2008. She graduated from Georgia State University College of Law and the Georgia State University – J. Mack Robinson College of Business with a JD/MBA, in 2014.

Fencing career

World Championships, World Cups, Pan Am Games, and US & World Rankings

Jacobson finished 7th in saber at the 2001 World Championships. She won a team

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in sabre at the 2001 World Junior Team Championships. She won a

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at the 2003

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. She won a bronze medal at a World Cup in

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, in June 2003, and a silver medal at a World Cup in

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, in March 2004. At the 2004 Junior World Championships, she won

s in both the team and individual events. That year, she was ranked No. 3 among female junior and senior U.S. saber fencers. In 2005 she took 5th in the Junior World Championships. In 2010, she won the National Championship in Women’s Sabre at the US Fencing National Championships.

Olympics

She competed for the U.S. at the

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. She reached the Round of 16, losing to Leonore Perrus of France, 15-13.

College career

After high school, she ranked second nationally, and 11th in the world. At Columbia University, fencing for the Columbia Lions fencing team Jacobson she was named first team All-American all four years that she competed.Emily Jacobson '08CC Selected to USA Fencing Hall of Fame – Columbia University Lions
/ref> Jacobson was the 2005 NCAA Champion. She won the women’s sabre title at the 2005 North American Cup, and secured the

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in sabre at the IFA Championships. In 2004–05 she was 27–3 overall and ranked 3rd in the nation, and 8th in the world, in sabre that year. In 2006, she finished second in sabre at the NCAA Championships, and placed 8th at the North American Cup. In 2007 and 2008 she was third in the NCAA Championships. She was 31–2 during the 2005–06 season. For her career, she had a record of 131-16, with a .891 winning percentage.

Awards

Jacobson, who is Jewish, received the 2002 Jules D. Mazor Award as the Jewish High School Athlete of the year from the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. In 2014, she was inducted into Columbia Athletics Hall of Fame. and in 2016 she was inducted into the USA Fencing Hall of Fame.

Calendar

Her image was included in a 5766 calendar, "Jewish + Female = Athlete: Portraits of Strength from around the World", featuring Jewish women in sport, produced by the

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References

External links

US Olympic Team bio
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National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame bioJews in Sports bio
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"On the Prowl with Emily Jacobson '08CC," 7/17/2007
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