Isabel Avellán
![]() Isabel Avellán in 1953 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Isabel Ercilla Avellán |
Nationality | Argentine |
Born | (1933-08-20)20 August 1933 |
Died | 20 September 2010(2010-09-20) (aged 77) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Discus throw |
Isabel Avellán (20 August 1933 – 20 September 2010) was an Argentine athlete.[1] She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2]
Biography
Avellán was born in 1933, and at the age of nineteen, she won the discus and the shot put events at the 1952 Argentine Championships.[3] By 1954, she had become a three-time national champion in the discus throw.[3]
At the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Avellán won the silver medal in the women's discus throw,[4][5] setting a new national record.[3] A year later, at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Avellán was the flag bearer for Argentina,[6] becoming the first female flag bearer for the nation at the Olympics.[7] Avellán competed in the women's discus throw at the Olympics, finishing in sixth place out of 22 participants.[8]
Avellán also competed at multiple editions of the South American Championships in Athletics,[9] winning gold in the discus in the 1956 Championships,[10] and two golds, in the discus and shot put, at the 1958 Championships.[11]
After moving to Australia with her husband,[1] Avellán won the discus event at the 1960 Australian Athletics Championships.[12]
References
- ^ a b "Isabel Avellán". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Isabel Avellán Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Isabel Avellán, finalista olimpica y una historia romantica". CADA Atletismo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ Full results
- ^ "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Flagbearers for 1956 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "La bandera y las mujeres en el deporte argentino". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Discus Throw, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Isabel Avellán". Athletics Podium. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "1956 South American Champs". Athletics Podium. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "1958 South American Champs". Athletics Podium. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Australian Women's Track & Field Championships 1959-60". Athletics.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
External links
- Isabel Avellán at Olympedia
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- 1933–1935: Cora Hannan
- 1936: Doris Carter
- 1937: Cora Hannan
- 1940: Doris Carter
- 1948–1950: Charlotte MacGibbon
- 1952: Jeanette Joy
- 1954: Lorraine Murphy
- 1956–1958: Lois Jackman
- 1960: Isabel Avellán (ARG)
- 1962: Rosslyn Williams
- 1963–1964: Mary McDonald
- 1965: Jean Roberts
- 1966: Jane Adams
- 1967–1970: Jean Roberts
- 1971: Anna Karner
- 1972–1973: Sue Culley
- 1974–1975: Anna Laurens
- 1976: Denise Ashford
- 1977–1981: Gael Mulhall
- 1982: Andrina Rovis-Herman
- 1983–1984: Gael Mulhall
- 1985: Sue Reinwald
- 1986–1987: Gael Martin
- 1988: Astra Etienne
- 1989–1995: Daniela Costian
- 1996: Lisa-Marie Vizaniari
- 1997–1998: Beatrice Faumuina (NZL)
- 1999: Lisa-Marie Vizaniari
- 2000–2001: Alison Lever
- 2002–2006: Beatrice Faumuina (NZL)
- 2007–2016: Dani Samuels