Gabre Gabric

Personal information
Full name	Ljubica Gabrić-Calvesi
National team	Italy: 22 caps (1936-1955)[1]
Born	(1914-10-17)17 October 1914 Imotski,Kingdom of Dalmatia,Austria-Hungary
Died	16 December 2015(2015-12-16) (aged 101) Brescia, Italy
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Discus throw
Club	Venchi Unica Torino (senior)[1] Atletica Calvesi [it] (masters)[1]
Achievements and titles
Personalbest	Discus throw: 43.35 m (1939)

Ljubica Gabrić-Calvesi (17 October 1914 – 16 December 2015), known asGabre Gabric, was aDalmatian Italiantrack and field athlete who competed in the1936 Summer Olympics and in the1948 Summer Olympics. Her best discus throw was 43.35 m (1939).

Ljubica Gabrić was born inImotski,Croatia (then part ofAustria-Hungary). She was wife ofSandro Calvesi, an Italian athletic coach (hurdles), and mother-in-law ofEddy Ottoz (grandmother ofLaurent Ottoz andPatrick Ottoz).^[2]

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:^[3] however, this admission is in contradiction with additional sources, including her arrival in the United States at age 9 in 1923, documented byEllis Island records^[4] 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.^[2]

In 1936, she finished tenth in theOlympic discus throw event. Twelve years later she finished 17th in thediscus throw competition at the 1948 Olympics. In the1938 European Championships in Athletics she finished sixth in the discus throw contest and in the1950 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.^[5]

In 2010, she was still competing in Veterans Athletic Championships^[6] and, following the 2011 death ofAlfred Proksch, was the last known track and field competitor from the 1936 Olympic Games to still be competing.^[7] At the 2010 European Veterans Athletics Championships inNyíregyháza,Hungary, she set the current W95World Records in theShot Put and the Discus.

Gabrić died on 16 December 2015, aged 101.^[8]

Gabric held four world records in masters W95 category (athletes who have completed the ninety-fifth year of age),^[9][10] records regularly recognized by the International Governing Body,World Masters Athletics.^[11] This is because for the World Masters Athletics^[12] andFIDAL (Italian athletics federation),^[13] recognize the birthdate of 1914.

Event	Category	Performance	Date	Venue	Notes
Shot put	W 95	5.32 m	23 July 2010	Nyíregyháza	[11]
Hammer throw	W 95	12.86 m	21 July 2010	Nyíregyháza	[11]
Weight throw	W 95	4.67 m	9 October 2010	Macerata	[11]
Throws pentathlon	W 95	3.923 pt	9 October 2010	Macerata	[11]

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	[14]
1948	Olympic Games	London	Discus throw	17th	34.17 m
1950	European Championships	Brussels	Discus throw	7th	37.73 m	[15]

Masters

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Position	Performance	Notes
2007	World Masters Championships	Riccione	Shot put W90	1st	4.35 m	[16]
			Discus throw W90	1st	11.45 m	[16]
			Javelin throw W90	2nd	6.93 m	[16]
2008	World Masters Indoor Championships	Clermont-Ferrand	Shot put W90	1st	4.73 m	[17]
			Discus throw W90	1st	11.49 m	[17]
			Javelin throw W90	1st	6.87 m	[17]
2009	World Masters Championships	Lahti	Shot put W90	2nd	4.73 m	[18]
			Discus throw W90	2nd	12.55 m	[18]
			Javelin throw W90	2nd	7.36 m	[18]
2008	European Masters Championships	Ljubljana	Shot put W90	1st	4.73 m	[19]
			Discus throw W90	1st	11.86 m	[19]
			Javelin throw W90	1st	7.97 m	[19]
2009	European Masters Indoor Championships	Ancona	Shot put W90	1st	4.72 m	[20]
			Discus throw W90	1st	12,02 m	[20]
			Javelin throw W90	1st	7.85 m	[20]
2010	European Masters Championships	Nyíregyháza	Shot put W95	1st	5.32 m[21]	WR
			Discus throw W95	1st	12.86 m[21]	WR
			Javelin throw W95	1st	7.92 m	[21]

• List of world records in masters athletics
• Ottoz family

• Gabre Gabric atWorld Athletics
• Gabre Gabric at theItalian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Gabre Gabric atOlympedia

• 1914 births
• 2015 deaths
• Italian women discus throwers
• Italian women centenarians
• Italian people of Croatian descent
• Olympic athletes for Italy
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
• Italian masters athletes
• World record holders in masters athletics
• Sportspeople from Imotski
• Yugoslav emigrants to the United States
• Dalmatian Italians
• Italian Athletics Championships winners
• 20th-century Italian sportswomen

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