Charlotte MacGibbon
 MacGibbon at the 1950 British Empire Games | |||||||||||
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| Born | 27 September 1924 (age 94) | ||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||
| Event(s) | Javelin throw | ||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 41.18 m (1947)[1] | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Charlotte Cecilia MacGibbon (née Weeks on 27 September 1924) is 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,[2] taking the javelin with a distance of 38.84 m.[3]
In 2006, at the age of 81, she participated in the 2006 Commonwealth Games Queen's baton relay.[4]
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- 1 2 Charlotte MacGibbon (née Weeks). trackfield.brinkster.net
- ↑ Athletics Gold – Charlotte MacGibbon profile. Oocities.org.
- ↑ Athletics Australia profile – Charlotte MacGibbon-Weeks. Athhistory.imgstg.com.
- ↑ Queen's baton relay. Newsphotos. Retrieved on 2018-07-06.
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