Charlotte MacGibbon

Charlotte MacGibbon

MacGibbon at the 1950 British Empire Games
Personal information
Born	(1924-09-27)27 September 1924
Died	10 January 2009(2009-01-10) (aged 84)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best	41.18 m (1947)[1]
Medal record Representing  Australia Commonwealth Games 1950 Auckland Javelin

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

1. Charlotte MacGibbon (née Weeks). trackfield.brinkster.net
2. "Australian Athletics Results". athletics.possumbility.com. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
3. Athletics Gold – Charlotte MacGibbon profile. Oocities.org.
4. Athletics Australia profile – Charlotte MacGibbon-Weeks^[usurped]. Athhistory.imgstg.com.
5. Queen's baton relay. Newsphotos. Retrieved 2018-07-06.