David Dephoff (6 April 1928 – 14 November 2014) was a New Zealand long jumper and decathlete, who won the bronze medal in the men's long jump at the

1950 British Empire Games The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth staging of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand between 4 and 11 February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the third edition of the games. The main venue was ...

in Auckland.

National championships

Representing Canterbury, Dephoff won the under-19 long jump at the New Zealand amateur athletics championships in 1946 and 1947, with distances of and , respectively. He then won the national men's long jump title in 1948, 1952 and 1953, with a best distance of at the 1952 championships. At the 1949 national athletics championships, Dephoff won the inaugural decathlon title, with a total of 5446 points. He went on to defend his title in 1950 (5358 points) and 1951 (5919 points).

British Empire Games

At the 1950 British Empire Games held in Auckland, Dephoff won the bronze medal in the men's long jump, with a distance of , behind

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of South Africa who recorded a distance of , and

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of New Zealand whose best jump was .

Death

Dephoff died at

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on 14 November 2014.

References

1928 births 2014 deaths Athletes from Christchurch New Zealand male long jumpers New Zealand decathletes Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games New Zealand Athletics Championships winners {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub