Sue Hobson

Susan Elizabeth Hobson (born 13 March 1958) is an Australian former athlete. She competed at three successive Olympic Games and two Commonwealth Games. She started her competitive athletics career at the age of 27. She also represented her country at the 1991 World Athletics Championships in 10,000 metres. She competed at two Commonwealth Games – 3000 and 10,000m at the Auckland games in 1990 and marathon at the 1994 games in Victoria, British Columbia.

Hobson also competed at the World Cross Country Championships in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993 as well as the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Her best placement was 16th from 1992.

Hobson was Australian champion thrice in the 10,000m (1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–1994), twice in the marathon (1997 and 2000), and once in the cross country (1996).

After her athletics career, Hobson was a board member of ACT Athletics and the Athletics Australia Distance Running Commission. She managed the Australian Athletics Teams at the 2009 and 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Hobson was section manager of the Australian Athletics Team at the 2012 London Olympics.

Recognition 1993 – Athletics Australia Edwin Flack Award 2007 – Inducted into ACT Sport Hall of Fame 2013 – Life member of Athletics Australia