Sheila Hoskin
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| Full name | Sheila Hilary Hoskin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 October 1936 Hammersmith, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | long jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Spartan LAC | ||||||||||||||
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Sheila Hilary Hoskin (born 14 October 1936) is a former female track and field athlete from England who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]Born in Hammersmith, Hoskin competed in the women's long jump events during her career. She finished second behind Thelma Hopkins in the long jump event at the 1955 WAAA Championships.[1][2]
The following year Hoskin represented Great Britain at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, where she competed in the high jump competition.[3] Hoskin also became the national high jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1956 WAAA Championships.[4]
Hoskin represented England and won a gold medal in the long jump at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[5][6]
At one point Hoskin held the British record for the long jump.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Margaret Doubles To It - Loses Record". The People. 3 July 1955. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
Commonwealth Games champions in women's long jump | |
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