Charlotte MacGibbon
![]() MacGibbon at the 1950 British Empire Games | ||||||||||||
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Born | (1924-09-27)27 September 1924 | |||||||||||
Died | 10 January 2009(2009-01-10) (aged 84) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | |||||||||||
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Personal best | 41.18 m (1947)[1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Charlotte Cecilia MacGibbon (née Weeks, 27 September 1924 – 10 January 2009[2]) was an Australian former track and field athlete.[1]
In 1940, MacGibbon won her first national title in the javelin throw, aged just 15. In total, she won six national championships between 1940 and 1952, including two in the discus throw; she also placed third in the shot put in 1947. At the 1950 British Empire Games she became the first Australian athlete to win an international throwing event,[3] taking the javelin with a distance of 38.84 m.[4]
In 2006, at the age of 81, she participated in the 2006 Commonwealth Games Queen's baton relay.[5]
References
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- ^ a b Charlotte MacGibbon (née Weeks). trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Australian Athletics Results". athletics.possumbility.com. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Athletics Gold – Charlotte MacGibbon profile. Oocities.org.
- ^ Athletics Australia profile – Charlotte MacGibbon-Weeks. Athhistory.imgstg.com.
- ^ Queen's baton relay. Newsphotos. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
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- 1934:
Gladys Lunn (ENG)
- 1938:
Robina Higgins (CAN)
- 1950:
Charlotte MacGibbon (AUS)
- 1954:
Magdalena Swanepoel (SAF)
- 1958:
Anna Pazera (AUS)
- 1962:
Sue Platt (ENG)
- 1966:
Margaret Parker (ENG)
- 1970:
Petra Rivers (AUS)
- 1974:
Petra Rivers (AUS)
- 1978:
Tessa Sanderson (ENG)
- 1982:
Sue Howland (AUS)
- 1986:
Tessa Sanderson (ENG)
- 1990:
Tessa Sanderson (ENG)
- 1994:
Louise McPaul (AUS)
- 1998:
Louise McPaul (AUS)
- 2002:
Laverne Eve (BAH)
- 2006:
Sunette Viljoen (RSA)
- 2010:
Sunette Viljoen (RSA)
- 2014:
Kim Mickle (AUS)
- 2018:
Kathryn Mitchell (AUS)
- 2022:
Kelsey-Lee Barber (AUS)
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