Background
Jacobson is a daughter of David Jacobson, a member of the 1974 U.S. National fencing team in saber and now an endocrinologist, and Tina Jacobson, who has also fenced competitively.
She is the sister of fellow U.S. Olympic team fencer Emily Jacobson and world-class fencer Jackie Jacobson.
Jacobson swam competitively for 2 years in high school. She postponed her college career to train full-time for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
She graduated the Westminster Schools in 2000. She graduated with a history degree from Morse College, Yale University. She studied history at Yale University. She began law school at the University of Michigan in the fall of 2008.
She has been coached by Arkady Burdan of Nellya Fencers, and Henry Hartunian at Yale.
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