 MacGibbon at the 1950 British Empire Games | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 27 September 1924 | |||||||||||
| Died | 10 January 2009 (aged 84) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Javelin throw | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| 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]
