Zoe Hobbs

Zoe Hobbs (born 11 September 1997 in Stratford) is a New Zealand athlete.[1][2] She is the current Oceania area record holder for the 100 metres.

Zoe Hobbs
Personal information
Born (1997-09-11) 11 September 1997
Stratford, New Zealand
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportAthletics
Event(s)Sprinting
Achievements and titles
National finals
  • 100 m champion (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • 200 m champion (2017, 2019, 2020)
Personal best(s)

Biography

At the 2013 World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine, Hobbs made the semi-finals of 100 metres.

She set the current NZ under-19 and under-20 100 m record of 11.53 s (+1.7 m/s) on 20 July 2016 in the heats of the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland,[3] progressing as the sixth fastest qualifier to the semi-finals where she ran 11.67 s (+0.4).

Hobbs competed in Summer Universiades in Taipei in 2017 and Napoli in 2019 respectively, making the final of the 200 m and winning a bronze medal as a member of the New Zealand 4 × 100 m relay team at the Napoli Universiade. In 2019, she also competed in 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships staged in Doha, Qatar.

In 2021, Hobbs twice equalled the NZ 100 m 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 100 m record twice more with 11.21 (+1.7) on 22 January and 11.15 (+1.4) on 12 February.[5][3][6] At the World Indoor Championships held in mid-March in Belgrade, Serbia, 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 s, 0.02 outside a finals berth. Hobbs won the Australian Athletics Championships 100 m on 1 April that year in a new championship record time of 11.17 s (+1.1).[8] She first broke the Oceania 100 m record on 7 June in winning the final at the Oceania Athletics Championships in Mackay, Australia with a time of 11.09 s (+0.8). On 16 July, she ran 11.08 s (+0.7) when finishing second in the first heat of the World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon.

On 2 March 2023, Hobbs lowered the Oceania and NZs all-comers' 100 m records with a time of 11.07 s (+1.8) in the heats of the NZ National Championships in Wellington. In the final she ran 10.89 s, but the wind assistance of +3.4m/s exceeded the +2.0 m/s limit allowable for records.[9] On 11 March at the Sydney Track Classic, Hobbs officially broke the 11-second barrier with 10.97 s (+0.5) to again lower the Oceania record, setting also a new Australian all-comers' record.[10] Five days later at the Sir Graeme Douglas International meet in Auckland, she lowered her New Zealand all-comers' record to 11.02 (+1.3).

Personal bests
Outdoor
EventTime (s)Wind (m/s)LocationDate
60 metres7.33+2.0Auckland, New Zealand13 March 2021
100 metres10.97+0.5Sydney, Australia11 March 2023
200 metres23.19+1.8Canberra, Australia10 February 2019
Indoor
EventTime (s)LocationDate
60 metres7.13Belgrade, Serbia18 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.
  9. "Hobbs clocks insane 10.89 time in Wellington". Athletics New Zealand. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  10. "'Absolutely stoked': Zoe Hobbs officially breaks 11-second record in Sydney". Stuff. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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