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{{Short description|Argentine shot putter and discus thrower}}
{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with [[Ingeborg Pfüller]]}}
[[File:Ingeborg Mello De Preiss. - El Gráfico 1457.jpg|thumb|Mello in ''[[El Gráfico (Argentina)|El Gráfico]]'', 1947]]
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ARG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1951 Pan American Games|1951 Buenos Aires]] | [[Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games|Discus throw]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1951 Pan American Games|1951 Buenos Aires]] |[[Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games|Shot put]]}}
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'''Ingeborg Mello de Preiss''' (January 4, 1919 &ndash; October 25, 2009) was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[track and field]] athlete who competed mainly in the [[discus throw]] and the [[shot put]]. She represented Argentina at the [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] and [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]] [[Summer Olympic Games]].<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/ingeborg-mello-1.html Biography and Olympic results at SPorts Reference] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130124736/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/ingeborg-mello-1.html |date=2012-01-30 }}</ref> 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]].

Born in Berlin, Germany, she was Jewish.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/543938/pdf|title=Ingeborg Mello: "Two Lives" in Sport|journal=Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues|year=2014|volume=26|issue=1|pages=5–34|last1=Zaikos|first1=Nikos|doi=10.2979/nashim.26.5|s2cid=154269745|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/ingeborg-mello-1.html |title=Ingeborg Mello Bio, Stats, and Results &#124; Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |website=www.sports-reference.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111257/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/ingeborg-mello-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She trained in [[San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo de Almagro Club]] in Buenos Aires.

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[[Category:1919 births]]
[[Category:2009 deaths]]
[[Category:Athletes from Berlin]]
[[Category:German emigrants to Argentina]]
[[Category:Argentine female shot putters]]
[[Category:Argentine female discus throwers]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Jewish Argentine sportspeople]]
[[Category:Jewish track and field athletes]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Argentina]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of Argentina]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games]]


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