Percy Hobson (high jumper)

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.

References

Category:1942 births
Category:2022 deaths
Category:Australian athletes
Category:High jumpers
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists
Category:Indigenous Australian sportspeople
Category:Sportspeople from New South Wales