Diny Hobers
Personal information
Born (1932-12-10) 10 December 1932
Nieuw-Amsterdam, Drenthe
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportHigh jump
ClubPSV, Eindhoven

Egberdiena "Diny" Hobers (born 10 December 1932) is a retired Dutch high jumper. She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and finished in 16th place.[1] She was awarded the KNAU Cup.

However, she missed the 1956 Summer Olympics due to the Netherlands withdrawal due to the Russian invasion of Hungary.

Career

In 1955, she won her first Dutch title, in the pentathlon . She repeated this in the following three years. She competed at the 1957 Dutch athletics championships, placing first in high jump. In 1958 and 1959, she was the national record holder in shot put.[2] She usually competed in the high jump.[3]

She was selected to participate in the 1956 Summer Olympics, but the Netherlands Olympic Committee, decided on a boycott, after she had arrived.[4][5][6]

She competed at the 1958 European Athletics Championships, in pentathlon finishing fourth.

She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, in high jump.[7][8][9]

She was a member of Goiose Athletic Club.[10]

Further reading

  • Haitsma, J. and Moerman, J. (1961) Supplement to the Golden Book of KNAU NV Drukkerij 't Koggeschip
  • Kappenburg, B. (1963) Inseparable jumping duo at the end of their career The Athletics World No. 8: KNAU
  • Koumans, J. (1972) The 50 best "of all time" KNAU
  • Heere, A. and Kappenburg, B. (2000) 1870 – 2000, 130 years of athletics in the Netherlands Groenevelt bv ISBN 90 90 12867 0
  • Bijkerk, T. (2012) Olympic Orange Publisher. Spaar en Hout ISBN 978-90-8683-043-5
  • Athletics Union Archive (2010)

References

  1. ↑ Diny Hobers Archived 23 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ "NUTS - WAAA and National Championships Medallists - Shot Put". www.nuts.org.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Atletiek Vrouwen in Oranje 1946 – 1955" (PDF). atletiekerfgoed.nl.
  4. ↑ "Atlete Hobers was al in Melbourne, maar miste OS 1956 door boycot". NPO Radio 1 (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  5. ↑ NTR. "Olympische Spelen, Melbourne 1956". Andere Tijden (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Blutstein, Harry (3 December 2021). Cold War Olympics: A New Battlefront in Psychological Warfare, 1948-1956. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8687-5.
  7. ↑ "Dini Hobers kampioene van Nederland vijfkamp". NRC (in Dutch). 5 September 1955. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "IJmuider Courant | 30 mei 1960 | pagina 15". Krantenviewer Noord-Hollands Archief (in Dutch). 30 May 1960. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Haarlem's Dagblad | 11 juli 1960 | pagina 11". Krantenviewer Noord-Hollands Archief (in Dutch). 11 July 1960. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  10. ↑ stichtingmeo (24 July 2018). "1957-1966 | Gooise Atletiek Club" (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 October 2023.


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