Background
Jacobson is a daughter of David Jacobson, a member of the 1974 United States. National fencing team in saber and also a former Yale fencer, and Tina Jacobson, who has also fenced competitively. She also has a younger sister, Jackie, who was born February 26, 1989, who is also a world-class fencer.
Education
Jacobson graduated from The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2004. Jacobson finished 7th in saber at the 2001 World Championships.
Career
She is the younger sister of fellow United States. Olympic team fencer Sada Jacobson, born in February 1983. She started attending Columbia University in the fall of 2004, where she was a psychology major. World Championships, World Cups, Pan Am Games, and United States & World Rankings
That year, she was ranked Number.
3 among female junior and senior United States. saber fencers.
Olympics
She competed for the United States. at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 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, Jacobson she was twice named first team All-American.
In 2004-2005 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships and placed 8th at the North American Cup. She was 31–2 during the 2005-2006 season. 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 Hadassah-Brandeis Institute.