Zoe Hobbs (born 11 September 1997 in Stratford) is a New Zealand

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. She is the current Oceania area record holder for the

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Biography

Hobbs set the current NZ under 19 and under-20 100m record of 11.53 s (+1.7) on 20 Jul 2016 in a heat of the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships at Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak Stadium, Bydgoszcz, Poland, progressing as the sixth fastest qualifier to the semi-finals where she ran 11.67 s (+0.4). She competed in Summer Universiades in Taipei City and Napoli, respectively, making the final of the

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and winning a bronze medal as a member of the New Zealand 4 × 100 metres relay team at the 2019 Napoli Universiade. At the 2013 World Youth Championships Hobbs made the semi-finals of 100m. In 2019 she competed in

and

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at the

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. In 2021 Hobbs twice equalled the NZ 100m record of 11.32, held by Michelle Seymour, before lowering it on 18 December to 11.27 (+1.7). In early 2022 she broke the 100m record twice more with 11.21 (+1.7) on 22 January and 11.15 (+1.4) on 12 February. At the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in mid-March 2022 Hobbs broke the Oceania indoor

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record with 7.13 s 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 2022

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100m on 1 April 2022 in a new Championship Record time of 11.17 s (+1.1). Hobbs first broke the Oceania 100m record on 7 June 2022 in winning the final at the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships in Mackay, Australia, with a time of 11.09 s (+0.8). She lowered the record again on 16 July 2022 when finishing second in the first heat of the

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in 11.08 (+0.7). In the semi-finals she ran 11.13 (+0.4) to finish with the 14th fastest time overall and did not qualify for the final.

Personal bests

Outdoor Indoor

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hobbs, Zoe 1997 births Living people New Zealand female sprinters Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for New Zealand Australian Athletics Championships winners People from Stratford, New Zealand Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for New Zealand