Sheila Hilary Hoskin (born 14 October 1936) is a former female track and field athlete from England.
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| Full name | Sheila Hilary Hoskin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 October 1936 Hammersmith, London, England | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Athletics career
editHoskin 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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