| Isabel Avellán | |
| Full Name: | Isabel Ercilla Avellán |
| Nationality: | Argentine |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Discus throw |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 1933 |
Isabel Avellán (20 August 1933 - 20 September 2010) was an Argentine athlete.[1] She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2]
Avellán was born in 1933, and at the age of nineteen, she won the discus and the shot put events at the 1952 Argentine Championships.[3] By 1954, she had become a three-time national champion in the discus throw.[3]
At the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Avellán won the silver medal in the women's discus throw,[4] [5] setting a new national record.[3] A year later, at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Avellán was the flag bearer for Argentina,[6] becoming the first female flag bearer for the nation at the Olympics.[7] Avellán competed in the women's discus throw at the Olympics, finishing in sixth place out of 22 participants.[8]
Avellán also competed at multiple editions of the South American Championships in Athletics,[9] winning gold in the discus in the 1956 Championships,[10] and two golds, in the discus and shot put, at the 1958 Championships.[11]
After moving to Australia with her husband,[1] Avellán won the discus event at the 1960 Australian Athletics Championships.[12]