Fencing — Women
Yalie Sada Jacobson has set the bar high for all female fencers who follow after claiming three combined medals in Athens and Beijing. She along with Harvard’s Emily Cross and Columbia’s Erinn Smart took home team silver in 2008.
Penn’s Brooke Makler made the first appearance by an Ivy League woman in fencing in the 1976 Games. Penn’s Mary Jane O’Neill and Columbia’s Katy Bilodeux. ONeill and Bilodeux both competed in the 1988 and 1992 Games. Their closest brush with a medal came in Seoul, when the United States finish sixth in the team foil competition.
| Name (School) | Country | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Caitlin Bilodeaux-Banos (Columbia ’87) | United States | 1988-92 |
| Emily Cross (Harvard ’08) • | United States | 2008 |
| Emily Jacobson (Columbia ’08) | United States | 2004 |
| Sada Jacobson (Yale ’05) • • • | United States | 2004-08 |
| Kamara James (Princeton ’06) | United States | 2004 |
| Maya Lawrence (Princeton ’02) | United States | 2012 |
| Ann Marsh (Columbia ’94) | United States | 1992-96-00 |
| Noam Mills (Harvard ’12) | Israel | 2008 |
| Mary Jane O’Neill (Penn ’86) | United States | 1988-92 |
| Nzingha Prescod (Columbia ’15) | United States | 2012 |
| Nicole Ross (Columbia ’12) | United States | 2012 |
| Susannah Scanlan (Princeton ’14) | United States | 2012 |
| Erinn Smart (Columbia ’02) • | United States | 2000-04-08 |
• Gold Medal (also indicated by bold name)
• Silver Medal
• Bronze Medal
