Rebekah Colberg

Rebekah Colberg

Rebekah Colberg
Medal record
Representing  Puerto Rico
Central American and Caribbean Games
Women's athletics
Gold medal – first place 1938 Panama Discus
Gold medal – first place 1938 Panama Javelin throw
Women's softball
Gold medal – first place 1946 Barranquilla softball

Dr. Rebekah Colberg Cabrera (December 25, 1918 – July 8, 1985),[note 1] was a Puerto Rican athlete, who was known as "The Mother of Women's Sports in Puerto Rico".[1] Colberg participated in various athletic competitions in the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games celebrated in Panama where she won the gold medals in Discus and Javelin throw.


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