2023 Taranaki Sports Awards – Congratulations Zoe Hobbs
Sportsperson of the year Zoe Hobbs
Smashing records around the world and breaking new ground for New Zealand female sprinters – Zoe Hobbs season is packed with highlights. Finishing 10th at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hobbs also ran the fastest 100m on Australian soil with a 10.97 second victory.
She also clocked a new personal best and New Zealand record of 10.96 seconds in July and finished 9th in the international diamond league.
Hobbs dominated domestically, resetting the New Zealand Resident Record and the all-Comers record twice and breaking the New Zealand record three times, picking up her seventh consecutive national 100m title. She has run under the Olympic Games qualifying standard of 11.07 and if selected, she will be the first female sprinter to represent New Zealand at the Olympics since 1976.
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