She was from South Australia. In 1976, at the age of 19, a car accident left her a paraplegic. At the 1980 Arnhem Games, she competed in four athletics events and won three silver medals – Women's 60 m 5, Women's 800 m 5 and the Women's 1,500 m 5. She organised the first Australian women's wheelchair basketball team. She was the captain of the women's basketball team at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Basketball Australia established the Sue Hobbs Medallist for the Australian International Women's Wheelchair Player of the Year.