Gabre Gabric
{{short description|Dalmatian Italian athlete}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| image = Gabre Gabric.jpg
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| full_name = Ljubica Gabrić-Calvesi
| nickname =
| national_team = Italy: 22 caps (1936-1955){{cite web|url=http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf|title=Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010|publisher=asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com|language=it|accessdate=9 April 2021|archive-date=28 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828003321/http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf|url-status=dead}}
| sport = Athletics
| event = Discus throw
| club =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|10|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Imotski, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary
| retired =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|12|16|1914|10|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = Brescia, Italy
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| pb =
- Discus throw: 43.35 m (1939)
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}}
Ljubica Gabrić-Calvesi (17 October 1914 – 16 December 2015), known as Gabre Gabric, was a Dalmatian 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).
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).{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/gabre-gabric-calvesi-1.html|title=Gabre Gabric-Calvesi |work=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105192257/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/gabre-gabric-calvesi-1.html|archive-date=2012-11-05}}
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:[http://www.atleticanet.it/master/news/22646-i-records-di-gabre-gabric.html i records di gabre gabric] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222151806/http://www.atleticanet.it/master/news/22646-i-records-di-gabre-gabric.html |date=2015-12-22 }} atleticanet.it, {{in lang|it}} 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{{cite web|url=http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passRecord.asp?LNM=GABRICH&PLNM=GABRICH&last_kind=0&TOWN=null&SHIP=null&RF=9&pID=601494040085&MID=11528067440883531104&|title=The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island|website=Ellisisland.org}} 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.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZürich2014_Neutral.pdf|format=PDF|title=European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 : Statistics Handbook|website=European-athletics.org|access-date=6 January 2019}}
In 2010, she was still competing in Veterans Athletic Championships{{cite web|url=http://www.evacs2008.si/lists/Participantlist.htm#Veterans%20W90|title=16th European Veterans Athletic Championships Ljubljana 2008|website=Evacs2008.si|access-date=6 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821012711/http://www.evacs2008.si/lists/Participantlist.htm#Veterans%20W90|archive-date=21 August 2008|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|last=Gjerde|first=Arild|author2=Jeroen Heijmans|author3=Bill Mallon|author4=Hilary Evans|title=Revenge of the Last of the Class of '36|website=Sports Reference.com|date=4 August 2009|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/blog/?m=200908|access-date=15 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812211853/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/blog/?m=200908|archive-date=12 August 2011}} 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.{{cite web|title=Ljubica 'Gabre' Gabric, last athlete to have competed at the 1936 Olympic Games, dies at 101|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/ljubica-gabre-gabric-dies|website=Iaaf.org/news|publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)|access-date=18 December 2015|location=Brescia, Italy}}
Masters world records
Gabric held four world records in masters W95 category (athletes who have completed the ninety-fifth year of age),{{cite web|url=http://masterstrack.com/2010/08/15065|title=Eurovets claim 15 world records at their Hungary championships|website=Masterstrack.com|access-date=30 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101023043/http://masterstrack.com/2010/08/15065|archive-date=1 November 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fidalmarche.com/news_one.php?nid=1372|title=Macerata, pentalanci tricolore con record mondiale|website=Iaaf.org|language=it|access-date=30 October 2013}} records regularly recognized by the International Governing Body, World Masters Athletics.{{cite web|url=http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/records/outdoor-women|title=Records Outdoor Women |website=World-masters-athletics.org|access-date=30 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111105152/http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/records/outdoor-women|archive-date=11 January 2012}} This is because for the World Masters Athletics{{cite web|url=http://www.mastersathletics.net/index.php?id=1819|title=Gabre Gabric. Italy - 14. Oct 1914|website=Mastersathletics.net|access-date=30 October 2013|archive-date=1 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101003106/http://www.mastersathletics.net/index.php?id=1819|url-status=dead}} and FIDAL (Italian athletics federation),{{cite web|url=http://www.fidal.it/content/Tricolore-Master-trentesima-edizione-al-via/51125|title=Tricolore Master: trentesima edizione al via|website=Fidal.it|quote=Gabre Gabric (Atl. Sandro Calvesi), nata nel 1914|language=it|access-date=30 October 2013}} recognize the birthdate of 1914.
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| Event | Category | Performance | Date | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shot put | W 95 | 5.32 m | 23 July 2010 | align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Nyíregyháza | |
| Hammer throw | W 95 | 12.86 m | 21 July 2010 | align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Nyíregyháza | |
| Weight throw | W 95 | 4.67 m | 9 October 2010 | align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Macerata | |
| Throws pentathlon | W 95 | 3.923 pt | 9 October 2010 | align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Macerata |
Achievements
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;Senior
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| Year | Competition | Venue | Event | Position | Performance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936
| align=left|Olympic Games | align=left|{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Berlin | Discus throw | 10th | 34.31 m | | ||||||
| 1938
| align=left|European Championships | align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Vienna | Discus throw | 6th | 35.53 m | ||||||
| 1948
| align=left|Olympic Games | align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} London | Discus throw | 17th | 34.17 m | | ||||||
| 1950
| align=left|European Championships | align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} Brussels | Discus throw | 7th | 37.73 m |
;Masters
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| Year | Competition | Venue | Event | Position | Performance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=3| 2007
| rowspan=3 align=left| World Masters Championships | rowspan=3 align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Riccione | Shot put W90 | bgcolor=gold|1st | 4.35 m | ||||||
| Discus throw W90
| bgcolor=gold|1st | 11.45 m | ||||||
| Javelin throw W90
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd | 6.93 m | ||||||
| rowspan=3 align=center | 2008
| rowspan=3 align=left| World Masters Indoor Championships | rowspan=3 align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Clermont-Ferrand | Shot put W90 | bgcolor=gold|1st | 4.73 m | ||||||
| Discus throw W90
| bgcolor=gold|1st | 11.49 m | ||||||
| Javelin throw W90
| bgcolor=gold|1st | 6.87 m | ||||||
| rowspan=3 align=center | 2009
| rowspan=3 align=left| World Masters Championships | rowspan=3 align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Lahti | Shot put W90 |bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd | 4.73 m | ||||||
| Discus throw W90
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd | 12.55 m | ||||||
| Javelin throw W90
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd | 7.36 m | ||||||
| rowspan=3| 2008
| rowspan=3 align=left| European Masters Championships | rowspan=3 align=left| {{flagicon|SLO}} Ljubljana | Shot put W90 | bgcolor=gold|1st | 4.73 m | ||||||
| Discus throw W90
| bgcolor=gold|1st | 11.86 m | ||||||
| Javelin throw W90
| bgcolor=gold|1st | 7.97 m | ||||||
| rowspan=3| 2009
| rowspan=3 align=left| European Masters Indoor Championships | rowspan=3 align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ancona | Shot put W90 | bgcolor=gold|1st | 4.72 m | ||||||
| Discus throw W90
| bgcolor=gold|1st | 12,02 m | ||||||
| Javelin throw W90
| bgcolor=gold|1st | 7.85 m | ||||||
| rowspan=3| 2010
| rowspan=3 align=left| European Masters Championships | rowspan=3 align=left| {{flagicon|HUN}} Nyíregyháza | Shot put W95 | bgcolor=gold|1st | WR | ||||||
| Discus throw W95
| bgcolor=gold|1st | WR | ||||||
| Javelin throw W95
| bgcolor=gold|1st | 7.92 m |
See also
References
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External links
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{{Italian Athletics Champions in women's discus throw}}
{{Footer Italy athletics team at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer Italy athletics team at the 1948 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Imotski
Category:Yugoslav emigrants to the United States