Zoe Hobbs

Zoe Hobbs (born 11 September 1997) is a New Zealand athlete.[1][2] She set the NZ under 19 and under-20 100m record of 11.53 secs (+1.7) on 20 Jul 2016 in a heat of the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships at Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak Stadium, Bydgoszcz, Poland,[3] progressing as the sixth fastest qualifier to the semi-finals where she ran 11.67 (+0.4). Summer Universiades in Taipei City and Napoli, respectively, and made the final of the 200m in the 2019 Napoli Universiade (Zoe had previously progressed to the semi-finals in the 100m of the 2013 World Youth (under-18) Championships). She represented NZ in the 100 metres and 200 metres events at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.

Zoe Hobbs
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1997-09-11) 11 September 1997
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Sprinting

In 2021 Hobbs twice equalled the NZ 100m record of 11.32, held by Michelle Seymour, before lowering it on 18 December to 11.27 (+1.7).[4] In early 2022 she broke the 100m record twice more with 11.21 (+1.7) on 22 January and 11.15 (+1.4) on 12 February,[5] and then ran a wind-assisted 11.07 (+2.7) on 5 March to win her fifth consecutive National 100m title, all at Hawkes Bay Sports Park, Hastings. The 11.15 is the current NZ All-Comers Record.[3][6]

At the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in mid-March 2022 Hobbs broke the Oceania indoor 60 metres record with 7.13 seconds[7] to be seventh fastest in the heats, thus qualifying for the semi-finals where she ran 7.16, just 0.02 seconds outside a finals berth. Hobbs won the 2022 Australian Athletics Championships 100m on 1 April 2022 in a new meeting record time of 11.17 (+1.1).[8]

Personal bests

Outdoor

Event Performance Wind Location Date
60 metres7.33 sec(+2.0 m/s)Auckland13 March 2021
100 metres11.15 sec(+1.4 m/s)Hastings12 February 2022
200 metres23.19 sec(+1.8 m/s)Canberra10 February 2019

Indoor

Event Performance Location Date
60 metres7.13 secBelgrade18 March 2022

References
  1. "Zoe Hobbs". IAAF. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. "Zoe's our fastest woman". Newsroom.co.nz. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. "Athletics New Zealand Rankings and Records". Anzrankings.org.nz. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  4. "Record Breaking end to 2021 for Zoe Hobbs". Athletics New Zealand. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  5. "Athletics New Zealand All-Time Lists". Anzrankings.org.nz. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  6. "Sprinter Zoe Hobbs sets new New Zealand all-comers 100m record". Stuff.co.nz. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  7. "Zoe Hobbs blitzes to Oceania Indoor 60m record at opening session in Belgrade". Athletics New Zealand. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  8. "2022 Chemist Warehouse Australian Athletics Championships : 99th Staging : Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre - 26/03/2022 to 3/04/2022 Results" (PDF). Cdn.revolutionise.com.au. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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