Percy Hobson (high jumper)
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Percy Francis Hobson (5 November 1942 – 4 January 2022) was an Australian high jumper. He won the men's event at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth. He was the first Indigenous Australian to earn a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. He was born in Bourke, New South Wales.
Hobson died in Melbourne, Victoria, on 4 January 2022. He was 79.[1][2]
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A mural of Hobson in Bourke, 2021
References
- ↑ Austin, Madeline. Commonwealth Games gold medallist, pioneering Indigenous athlete Percy Hobson dies aged 79 (6 January 2022)Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ↑ Indigenous pioneer athlete Percy Hobson passes away (5 January 2022)Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
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