Charlotte MacGibbon

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Gold Auckland 1950 Javelin

Charlotte Cecilia MacGibbon-Weeks (born 27 September 1924) is a former Australian athlete who competed in the Javelin.

In 1940, MacGibbon won her first National title in the javelin aged just 15. In total, she won six national championships between 1940 and 1952, including the Discus on two occasions.

At the 1950 British Empire Games she became the first Australian athlete to win an international throwing event[1], taking the javelin with a distance 38.84m [2].

In 2006, at the age of 81, she participated in the 2006 Commonwealth Games Queen's baton relay[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Athletics Gold - Charlotte MacGibbon profile
  2. ^ Athletics Australia profile - Charlotte MacGibbon-Weeks
  3. ^ Newsphotos - Queen's baton relay

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