Sheila Hoskin
British long jumper
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Sheila Hilary Hoskin (born 14 October 1936) is a former female track and field athlete from England.
Athletics career
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.
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Commonwealth Games champions in women's long jump
- 1934: Phyllis Bartholomew (ENG)
- 1938: Decima Norman (AUS)
- 1950: Yvette Williams (NZL)
- 1954: Yvette Williams (NZL)
- 1958: Sheila Hoskin (ENG)
- 1962: Pam Kilborn (AUS)
- 1966: Mary Rand (ENG)
- 1970: Sheila Sherwood (ENG)
- 1974: Modupe Oshikoya (NGR)
- 1978: Sue Reeve (ENG)
- 1982: Shonel Ferguson (BAH)
- 1986: Joyce Oladapo (ENG)
- 1990: Jane Flemming (AUS)
- 1994: Nicole Boegman (AUS)
- 1998: Joanne Wise (ENG)
- 2002: Elva Goulbourne (JAM)
- 2006: Bronwyn Thompson (AUS)
- 2010: Alice Falaiye (CAN)
- 2014: Ese Brume (NGR)
- 2018: Christabel Nettey (CAN)
- 2022: Ese Brume (NGR)
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