Ivan Gubijan

{{short description|Yugoslav hammer thrower}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use British English|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ivan Gubijan | image = Ivan Gubijan 2.jpg | image_size = | caption = | nationality = Yugoslav | birth_date = 14 June 1923 | birth_place = Bjelovar, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes | death_date = 4 January 2009 (aged 85) | death_place = Belgrade, Serbia | height = 172 cm | weight = 83 kg | sport = Athletics | event = Hammer throw | pb = 59.69 (1955)<ref name=sr/><ref name=tf/> | club = AK Partizan | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{YUG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1948 London | Hammer throw}} }}

'''Ivan Gubijan''' (14 June 1923 – 4 January 2009) was a Yugoslav hammer thrower. He competed in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and placed second and ninth, respectively.<ref name=sr/> He is credited with introducing the four-turn throwing technique, which is widely used today.<ref name=r1/><ref name=r2/>

Gubijan finished second behind Duncan Clark in the hammer throw event at the British 1950 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19500715/110/0005 |title=Bailey's furlong record confirmed |work=Daily Herald |date=15 July 1950 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19500716/244/0008 |title=Won Arthur Wint equals half-mile record |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=16 July 1950 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=16 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=16 April 2025}}</ref>

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<ref name=sr>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/ivan-gubijan-1.html Ivan Gubijan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201194313/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/ivan-gubijan-1.html |date= 1 February 2014 }}. Sports Reference.com</ref> <ref name=r1>{{cite web|url=http://glassrbije.org/E/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5741&Itemid=30|title=Sports Roundup|work=glassrbije.org|date=5 January 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212205841/http://glassrbije.org/E/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5741&Itemid=30|archivedate=12 February 2009}}</ref> <ref name=r2>{{cite web | url=http://www.b92.net/sport/atletika/vesti.php?yyyy=2009&mm=01&dd=05&nav_id=337762 | title=Preminuo Ivan Gubijan | date=5 January 2009 | publisher=B92 | language=Serbian | accessdate=19 July 2012}}</ref> <ref name=tf>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=2367&Gender=M Ivan Gubijan]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref>

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== External links == {{Commons category|Ivan Gubijan}} * {{Olympics.com profile|ivan-gubijan}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gubijan, Ivan}} Category:1923 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Sportspeople from Bjelovar Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Category:Serbian men hammer throwers Category:Croatian men hammer throwers Category:Yugoslav men hammer throwers Category:Olympic athletes for Yugoslavia Category:Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Category:Athletes from Belgrade Category:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Mediterranean Games Category:History of Bjelovar