Delfo Cabrera
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| Delfo Cabrera | |
| Height | 5'8" (172 cm) |
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| Weight | 130 lbs (59 kg) |
| Nationality | Argentina |
| PR | Mara: 2:26:43 (1952) |
| Born | April 2, 1919 |
| Died | August 2, 1981 at Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Club | Capital Federal |
Delfo Cabrera Gómez (1919-1981) was an Argentinian marathon runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics where he won gold and in the 1952 Summer Olympics where he finished sixth. He also won a gold medal in the marathon at the 1951 Pan American Games.
Delfo Cabrera played football as a youth, but decided to turn to athletics after Juan Carlos Zabala's triumph at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He moved to Buenos Aires in 1938 and began training under Francisco Mura. At the same year, he won his first national championships title in the 5000 m. Over the years he would win 9 more titles, but none of them in marathon.
Cabrera served in the army during the World War II, where he met Juan Perón. After the war, being a friend of Perón, he was active member of Justicialist Party. He received the Peronist Medal in 1949.
The 1948 Olympics was Cabrera's first major international track meet. Etienne Gailly from Belgium dominated the marathon race most of the way and until almost the very last moments. He was the first to enter the stadium, but with 400 m to go, Gailly fell down, exhausted, got up and fell again.Cabrera and Thomas Richards of Great Britain managed to pass the staggering Gailly, Cabrera winning by 16 seconds ahead of Richards.
Cabrera ended his running career after finishing sixth at the 1954 Boston Marathon. After that he taught physical education in several schools.
He died in a car accident in 1981.
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