Ieva "Eva" Kampe (married name Vlahov; born 29 November 1940) is a former Latvian-Australian

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athlete who represented Australia in the long jump at the

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. She placed fourth in the event, and also won two medals at the Australian Athletics Championships.

Early life

Kampe was born in

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, arriving in Australia after the Second World War as a refugee and settling in

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with her family. Two of her uncles were murdered during the 1940 Soviet occupation of Latvia, while her maternal grandparents were killed during the Latvian War of Independence. Kampe's father, Leo, had been a minister in the

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, and continued his ministry after arriving in Australia, supported by the Lutheran Church of Australia.

Athletics career

At the 1962 Australian Open Track and Field Championships, held in

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, Kampe won a silver medal in the

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and a bronze medal in the long jump. Later in the year, she was selected to represent Australia at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, which Perth hosted. Her only event was the long jump, where she was one of four Australian competitors. The Australians took out the first four places, with Pamela Ryan taking gold,

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silver, and

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bronze. Kampe jumped , which was behind Knee's best jump.

Family

Kampe married

Len Vlahov Leonard Peter "Len" Vlahov (29 June 1940 – 24 February 1997) was an Australian track and field athlete who specialised in the discus. He was the national champion in 1969 and 1975, and represented Australia at the 1962 British Empire and Comm ...

, who also represented Australia in athletics at the 1962 Perth Games. Their son,

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, became a professional

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player, while a grandson,

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, is a professional

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er."Gene pool gifts Griffin Logue the pedigree to dominate"
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'', 20 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kampe, Eva 1940 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Australian female long jumpers Australian Lutherans Australian female modern pentathletes Latvian emigrants to Australia Latvian World War II refugees Refugees in Australia Sportswomen from Western Australia Track and field athletes from Western Australia