Ingeborg Mello
Appearance
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1951 Buenos Aires | Discus throw |
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1951 Buenos Aires | Shot put |
Ingeborg Mello de Preiss (January 4, 1919 – October 25, 2009) was an Argentine track and field athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw and the shot put. She represented Argentina at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympic Games.[1] She won the gold medal in the women's discus throw and the shot put event at the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Born in Berlin, Germany, she was Jewish.[2][3] She trained in San Lorenzo de Almagro Club in Buenos Aires.
References
[edit]- ^ Biography and Olympic results at SPorts Reference Archived 2012-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Zaikos, Nikos (2014). "Ingeborg Mello: "Two Lives" in Sport". Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues. 26 (1): 5–34. doi:10.2979/nashim.26.5. S2CID 154269745.
- ^ "Ingeborg Mello Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
Categories:
- 1919 births
- 2009 deaths
- Athletes from Berlin
- German emigrants to Argentina
- Argentine female shot putters
- Argentine female discus throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Jewish Argentine sportspeople
- Jewish track and field athletes
- Olympic athletes for Argentina
- Naturalized citizens of Argentina
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Argentine athletics biography stubs