Ingeborg Mello

Ingeborg Mello de Preiss (Germany, January 4, 1919 Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 25, 2009) was a track and field athlete from Argentina 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.

Ingeborg Mello
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
1951 Buenos Aires Discus throw
1951 Buenos Aires Shot put

Born in Berlin, Germany, she was Jewish.[2][3] She trained in San Lorenzo de Almagro Club in Buenos Aires.

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