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Ivan Gubijan
 


Ivan Gubijan		 Ivan Gubijan The first Yugoslav track-and-field athlete to win an Olympic medal was Ivan Grubijan, who medalled a silver in the hammer throw. He made it to the finals following the intervention of Artur Takač and Milan Kovačević, the Yugoslav team officials, as the judges had forgotten to book his throw. The throw placed him sixth in the qualifications and took him straight to the finals. Gubijan threw 54,27 m in the finals, a result surpassed only by Hungary’s Imre Németh (56,07 m), who had set a fantastic world record only two weeks before the Games - 59,02 m. Grubijan was also the first Olympic athlete to throw a hammer after four spins. Other throwers, considerably higher and stronger then him, would throw after two, or three spins, but the technique he devised is used even today.
 



 

  
     
Ivan Gubijan was born in Bjelovar on 14 June 1923. He took up football and gymnastics. Having moved to Zagreb, he dedicated himself to the gymnastics and the throwing events under the renowned coach Pedro Goić. He won his first title at the Croatian Championships on the eve of the Second World War. The war over, he moved to Belgrade, where he still lives, and became a member of “Partizan”, the club in which he had spent his entire sporting career.
He was a five-time Yugoslav champion in the hammer throw (1948, 1949, 1950, 1952 and 1953), and he bettered the national record five times from 56,24 m (Belgrade, 13 October 1947) to 59,69 m (Istanbul, 14 August 1955). He was a two-time Balkan champion (1953 and 1955), and he took part in the European championships three times (he failed to pass the qualifications in 1946; ranked fourth in 1950; and was seventh in the qualifications in 1954).
He also participated in the Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952 and ranked ninth (54,54 m).
Having finished his sporting career, Ivan Gubijan worked as a physical education teacher, and as a throwing coach in “Partizan”, “Čukarički” and “Milicionar”. He fashioned many national team athletes and record-holders. 		 
Ivan Gubijan		  
             
             
      Games of the XVI Olympiad - London 1948      
             
      London 1948, Athletics, hammer throw, SILVER MEDAL
(24 competitors, 16 nations)

1. Imre Nemet (HUN) 56,07
2. Ivan Gubijan (YUG) 54,27
3. Robert Benet (USA) 53,73
4. Semujel Felton (USA) 53.66
5. Lauri Taminen (FIN) 53,08
6. Bo Erikson (SWE) 52,98
7. Teseo Tadija (ITA) 51,74
8. Koit Anamaa (EST) 50,46		      
             
                 
                   
             
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