Diny Hobers

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Diny Hobers
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1932-12-10) 10 December 1932 (age 92)
Nieuw-Amsterdam, Drenthe, Netherlands
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventHigh jump / shot put
ClubPSV, Eindhoven

Egberdiena "Diny" Hobers (born 10 December 1932) is a retired Dutch high jumper who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Biography

Hobers finished second behind Suzanne Allday in the shot put event at the British 1959 WAAA Championships. [2] [3] [4]

At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, she represented the Netherlands in the high jump competition and finished in equal 16th place. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Diny Hobers Archived 23 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ "Three girl athletes share six titles" . Weekly Dispatch (London). 5 July 1959. Retrieved 19 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
Awards
Preceded by KNAU Cup
1958		Succeeded by
Succeeded byas Herman van Leeuwen Cup


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