Ingeborg Mello
Argentine shot putter and discus thrower

Ingeborg Mello

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Argentine shot putter and discus thrower
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Female
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Birth:
4 January 1919(Berlin)
Death:
25 October 2009(Buenos Aires)
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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. 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. She trained in San Lorenzo de Almagro Club in Buenos Aires.