Gabre Gabric

Ljubica Gabrić-Calvesi (17 October 1914 – 16 December 2015), known as Gabre Gabric, was an Italian track and field athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Her best discus throw was 43.35 m (1939).

Gabre Gabric

Personal information
Full name	Ljubica Gabrić-Calvesi
Nationality	Italian
Born	17 October 1914 Imotski, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary
Died	16 December 2015 (aged 101) Brescia, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw
Club	Venchi Unica Torino
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Discus throw: 43.35 m (1939)

Biography

Ljubica Gabrić was born in Imotski, Croatia (then part of Austria–Hungary). She was wife of Sandro Calvesi, an Italian athletic coach (hurdles), and mother-in-law of Eddy Ottoz (grandmother of Laurent Ottoz and Patrick Ottoz).[1]

While many sources give a birth year of 1914 and she competed in masters-level tournaments with this year of birth, Gabrić claimed in an interview that she was born in 1917 and that 1914 was a transcription error:[2] however, this admission is in contradiction with additional sources, including her arrival in the United States at age 9 in 1923, documented by Ellis Island records[3] and the fact that Olympic documents dating to the 1936 and 1948 Olympics establish a birthdate of 17 October 1914, probably originating from her own answers at the time.[1]

In 1936, she finished tenth in the Olympic discus throw event. Twelve years later she finished 17th in the discus throw competition at the 1948 Olympics. In the 1938 European Championships in Athletics she finished sixth in the discus throw contest and in the 1950 European Championships in Athletics she finished seventh in the discus throw event. Records from the European Championships use the 1917 birthdate, reporting her as a 20 year old and 32 year old respectively.[4]

In 2010, she was still competing in Veterans Athletic Championships[5] and, following the 2011 death of Alfred Proksch, was the last known track and field competitor from the 1936 Olympic Games to still be competing.[6] At the 2010 European Veterans Athletics Championships in Nyíregyháza, Hungary, she set the current W95 World Records in the Shot Put and the Discus.

Gabrić died on 16 December 2015, aged 101.[7]

Masters world records

Gabric held four world records in masters W95 category (athletes who have completed the ninety-fifth year of age),[8][9] records regularly recognized by the International Governing Body, World Masters Athletics.[10] This is because for the World Masters Athletics[11] and FIDAL (Italian athletics federation),[12] recognize the birthdate of 1914.

Event	Category	Performance	Date	Venue	Notes
Shot put	W 95	5.32 m	23 July 2010	Nyíregyháza	[10]
Hammer throw	W 95	12.86 m	21 July 2010	Nyíregyháza	[10]
Weight throw	W 95	4.67 m	9 October 2010	Macerata	[10]
Throws pentathlon	W 95	3.923 pt	9 October 2010	Macerata	[10]

Achievements

Senior

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Position	Performance	Notes
1936	Olympic Games	Berlin	Discus throw	10th	34.31 m
1938	European Championships	Vienna	Discus throw	6th	35.53 m	[13]
1948	Olympic Games	London	Discus throw	17th	34.17 m
1950	European Championships	Brussels	Discus throw	7th	37.73 m	[14]

Masters

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Position	Performance	Notes
2007	World Masters Championships	Riccione	Shot put W90	1st	4.35 m	[15]
			Discus throw W90	1st	11.45 m	[15]
			Javelin throw W90	2nd	6.93 m	[15]
2008	World Masters Indoor Championships	Clermont-Ferrand	Shot put W90	1st	4.73 m	[16]
			Discus throw W90	1st	11.49 m	[16]
			Javelin throw W90	1st	6.87 m	[16]
2009	World Masters Championships	Lahti	Shot put W90	2nd	4.73 m	[17]
			Discus throw W90	2nd	12.55 m	[17]
			Javelin throw W90	2nd	7.36 m	[17]
2008	European Masters Championships	Ljubljana	Shot put W90	1st	4.73 m	[18]
			Discus throw W90	1st	11.86 m	[18]
			Javelin throw W90	1st	7.97 m	[18]
2009	European Masters Indoor Championships	Ancona	Shot put W90	1st	4.72 m	[19]
			Discus throw W90	1st	12,02 m	[19]
			Javelin throw W90	1st	7.85 m	[19]
2010	European Masters Championships	Nyíregyháza	Shot put W95	1st	5.32 m [20]	WR
			Discus throw W95	1st	12.86 m [20]	WR
			Javelin throw W95	1st	7.92 m	[20]

See also

• List of world records in masters athletics
• Ottoz family

References

1. "Gabre Gabric-Calvesi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05.
2. i records di gabre gabric Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine atleticanet.it, (in Italian)
3. "The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island". Ellisisland.org.
4. "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 : Statistics Handbook" (PDF). European-athletics.org. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
5. "16th European Veterans Athletic Championships Ljubljana 2008". Evacs2008.si. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
6. Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (4 August 2009). "Revenge of the Last of the Class of '36". Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
7. "Ljubica 'Gabre' Gabric, last athlete to have competed at the 1936 Olympic Games, dies at 101". Iaaf.org/news. Brescia, Italy: International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Retrieved 18 December 2015.
8. "Eurovets claim 15 world records at their Hungary championships". Masterstrack.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
9. "Macerata, pentalanci tricolore con record mondiale". Iaaf.org (in Italian). Retrieved 30 October 2013.
10. "Records Outdoor Women". World-masters-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
11. "Gabre Gabric. Italy - 14. Oct 1914". Mastersathletics.net. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
12. "Tricolore Master: trentesima edizione al via". Fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 October 2013. Gabre Gabric (Atl. Sandro Calvesi), nata nel 1914
13. "1938 Women's European Championships - Women's Discus throw". The-sports.org. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
14. "4th European Athletics Championships, Brussels 1950". Athleticsdb.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
15. "WMA Riccione Results 2007" (PDF). 1 December 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
16. WMA Indoor Championships, Clermont-Ferrand (France) Archived 2011-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
17. World Masters Athletics - Lahti results Archived 2011-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
18. "16th European Veterans Athletic Championships 2008 : Results" (PDF). Evaa.ch. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
19. "7th European Veterans Athletics Championship : Results" (PDF). Evaa.ch. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
20. "17th EUROPEAN VETERANS' ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS : Results" (PDF). Evaa.ch. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

External links

• Gabre Gabric at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)