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{{short description|British long jumper}} |
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{{Infobox sportsperson |
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|full_name=Sheila Hilary Hoskin |
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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1936|10|14|df=y}} |
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1936|10|14|df=y}} |
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|birth_place=[[Hammersmith]], London, England |
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|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Women's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}} |
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{{Medal|Competition|[[British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]}} |
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{{Medal|Gold| [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff]] | Long Jump}} |
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'''Sheila Hilary Hoskin''' (born 14 October 1936) is a former female [[track and field]] athlete from [[England |
'''Sheila Hilary Hoskin''' (born 14 October 1936) is a former female [[track and field]] athlete from [[England]]. |
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==Athletics career== |
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Hoskin competed in the women's long jump events during her career. She represented [[Great Britain]] at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia. She represented [[England at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|England]] and won a [[gold medal]] in the long jump at the [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] in [[Cardiff]], Wales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41404|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/cardiff-1958/athletes|title=1958 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref> |
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At one point Hoskin held the [[British records in athletics|British record]] for the long jump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/sheila-hoskin-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031927/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/sheila-hoskin-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Profile|publisher=Sports Reference}}</ref> |
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She was born in [[Hammersmith]]. |
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She had 3 children and 5 grandchildren. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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*[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/sheila-hoskin-1.html Profile] |
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{{Footer Commonwealth Champions Long Jump Women}} |
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions Long Jump Women}} |
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| NAME = Hoskin, Sheila |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = British athlete |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 14 October 1936 |
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[[Category:1936 births]] |
[[Category:1936 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:English |
[[Category:English female long jumpers]] |
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics]] |
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[[Category:Olympic athletes |
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain]] |
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[[Category:British female long jumpers]] |
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] |
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[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England]] |
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[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics]] |
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[[Category:People from Hammersmith]] |
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[[Category:Athletes from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]] |
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[[Category:Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] |
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[[Category:20th-century English sportswomen]] |
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Sheila Hilary Hoskin (born 14 October 1936) is a former female track and field athlete from England.
Athletics career
[edit]Hoskin competed in the women's long jump events during her career. She represented Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. She represented England and won a gold medal in the long jump at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[1][2]
At one point Hoskin held the British record for the long jump.[3]
She was born in Hammersmith.
She had 3 children and 5 grandchildren.
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
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- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportswomen
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