Sue Hobbs

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Sue Hobbs
Personal information
Full nameSusan Hobbs
NationalityAustralian
Born1956/1957
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1980 Arnhem 60 m 5
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1980 Arnhem 800 m 5
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1980 Arnhem 1,500 m 5

Susan Hobbs (born 1956/1957) is an Australian para-athlete and wheelchair basketball player. Hobbs was the first woman to captain the Australian women's wheelchair basketball team and was inducted into Basketball Australia's Hall of Fame in 2013. [1]

She was from South Australia. In 1976, at the age of 19, a car accident left her a paraplegic.[ citation needed ] At the 1980 Arnhem Games, she competed in four athletics events and won three silver medals – Women's 60 m 5, Women's 800 m 5 and the Women's 1,500 m 5. [2] She organised the first Australian women's wheelchair basketball team. [3] She was the captain of the women's basketball team at the 1992 Barcelona Games. [2] [4] Basketball Australia established the Sue Hobbs Medallist for the Australian International Women's Wheelchair Player of the Year. [5]

In 1999, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. [3] [6] After the symptoms prevented her from undertaking paid employment, she began volunteering for Multiple Sclerosis Society of SA and the Northern Territory Inc. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Wheelchair basketball greats be honoured". Paralympic.org.au. Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Sue Hobbs". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
  3. 1 2 3 "Our Unsung Heroes International Year of Volunteers; Sue lights up a world of promise". The Advertiser. 2 June 2001.
  4. ↑ Australian Team Members Profile Handbook : Barcelona Paralympics 1992. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation. 1992.
  5. ↑ "Crispin & Knowles named Wheelchair Int. Players of the Year". Basketball Australia Website. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "2009 South Australia Go for Gold Winners". MegaSwim Website. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
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