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{{Short description|American sportsman (1942–2024)}}
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| image = Gary Gubner 1962.jpg
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| caption = Gubner in 1962
| birth_date = December 1, 1942
| birth_place = [[New York, New York]], U.S.<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085949/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/gary-gubner-1.html Gary Gubner]. sports-reference.com</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|5|25|1942|12|1}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bethisraelchapel.com/m/obituaries/Gary-Gubner/Memories|title=Gary Gubner Dec 1, 1942 - May 25, 2024|date=25 May 2024|access-date=5 July 2024|website=Beth Israel Memorial Chapel}}</ref>
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| height = 188 cm
| weight = 120 kg
| sport = Weightlifting, [[shot put]], [[discus throw]]
| pb = SP – 19.80 m (1962)<ref name=sr/><ref>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=2368&Gender=M Gary Gubner]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref>
| club = Grand Street Boys' Club
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| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}
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{{MedalBronze|[[1962 World Weightlifting Championships|1962 Budapest]]|Weightlifting, +90 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1965 World Weightlifting Championships|1965 Tehran]]|Weightlifting, +90 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Maccabiah Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1961 Maccabiah Games|1961 Israel]]|Weightlifting}}
{{MedalGold|[[1961 Maccabiah Games|1961 Israel]]|Shot put}}
{{MedalGold|[[1961 Maccabiah Games|1961 Israel]]|Discus}}
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'''Gary Jay Gubner''' (December 1, 1942 – May 25, 2024) was an American  heavyweight [[weightlifter]], [[shot put]]ter and [[discus throw]]er. He had his best results in weightlifting, winning two world championship medals in 1962 and 1965 and placing fourth at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=388 Gary Gubner]. chidlovski.net</ref> He also attempted to qualify for the 1964 Olympics in throwing events, and finished fifth in the shot put at the U.S. Olympic trials. Gubner set several shot put records, including a 53-foot throw with a 16-lb. ball when he was 16, and three world indoor records in 1962. His best result of 19.80 m placed him second in the 1962 world ranking.<ref name=sr/>

Representing the [[NYU Violets track and field]] team, Gubner won the [[1963 NCAA University Division Track and Field Championships|1963]] and [[1964 NCAA University Division Track and Field Championships]] in the shot put.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pfeifer |first=Jack |title=100 Greatest Moments in Armory History:#1 Alan Webb runs 3:59.86 to set the national high school ... |url=https://ny.milesplit.com/articles/20940/100-greatest-moments-in-armory-history-1-alan-webb-runs-3-5986-to-set-the-national-high-school |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=MileSplit New York |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1964-05-05 |title=N. Y. U. Weighs Playing Only Those Colleges with High Academic Standards; SOME OPPONENTS MAY BE DROPPED; Violets Consider Severing Relations With Colleges Below Their Standards |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/05/archives/n-y-u-weighs-playing-only-those-colleges-with-high-academic.html |access-date=2024-05-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1964-01-28 |title=College Sports Notes; Villanova Is Short on Leaders, But Is Long on Winning Scores |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/28/archives/college-sports-notes-villanova-is-short-on-leaders-but-is-long-on.html |access-date=2024-05-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Gubner won gold medals at the [[1961 Maccabiah Games]] in Israel in heavyweight weightlifting, shotput, and discus.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1962/07/09/the-boy-who-may-become-the-worlds-strongest-man | title=The Boy Who May Become the World's Strongest Man }}</ref> He won the [[shot put]] with a 60-foot, 1-1/4&nbsp;inch (18.32 meter) throw.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/1961/09/06/archive/world-maccabiah-games-ended-in-israel-u-s-teams-win-58-gold-medals|title = World Maccabiah Games Ended in Israel; U.S. Teams Win 58 Gold Medals|date = 6 September 1961}}<br>- {{Cite web|url=http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/GaryGubner.htm|title=Gary Gubner|website=Jewish Sports}}</ref>

Inducted into the [[National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum]], Gubner has also been recognized by the [[International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]] in its 2000 book ''Jewish Sports Legends''.<ref>{{cite book |author=Siegman, Joseph |title=Jewish sports legends: the International Jewish Hall of Fame |page=174 |publisher=Brassey's |date=2000 |isbn=1-57488-284-8 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Jews in sports#Track and field|List of select Jewish track and field athletes]]
*[[List of Jews in sports#Weightlifting|List of select Jewish weightlifters]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/GaryGubner.htm |title=Gary Gubner |access-date=2011-01-18 |work=International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame}}
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[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:American male shot putters]]
[[Category:American male weightlifters]]
[[Category:American male discus throwers]]
[[Category:Olympic weightlifters for the United States]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Jewish weightlifters]]
[[Category:New York University alumni]]
[[Category:Track and field athletes from New York City]]
[[Category:21st-century American Jews]]
[[Category:Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States]]
[[Category:Maccabiah Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1961 Maccabiah Games]]
[[Category:Jewish American track and field athletes]]
[[Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners]]
[[Category:NYU Violets men's track and field athletes]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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