Zoe Hobbs (Ngāruahine) is a highly accomplished New Zealand Sprinter (age 26) hailing from Stratford, Taranaki. She reset the New Zealand National 100m record on numerous occasions with her sub-11 time of 10.96s being the fastest time ever run across New Zealand and Australia.
Off the track, Zoe is qualified Nutritionist, having graduated from Massey University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in Human Nutrition.
Throughout her career, Zoe has competed in several National and International events, including the World Indoor Championships in Serbia 2022, the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham 2022, and the World Championships in Doha 2019, where she competed in the 100m and 200m sprints. She holds several records, including the Oceania & NZ Women’s 100m record, the Oceania & NZ women’s Indoor 60m record, the NZ 100m U20/20 100m record, the NZ women’s 4x100m record, and the NZ all-comers 100m record, with an impressive 26 National Championship medals, 19 of them gold between 2012 - 2023.
In addition to her many accomplishments Zoe has won the World University Games bronze in 4x100m in 2019 and the Australian Youth Olympic Festival 100m gold in 2013. Her dedication, hard work and impressive results make her a formidable force in the sprinting world and a proud representative of New Zealand.
This August will see Zoe's fulfil her aspiration of becoming the first female 100m sprinter since the 1970’s to represent NZ at an Olympic Games. As an athlete in a non-traditional event for NZ, she hopes to inspire the next generation to persist on their chosen journey, no matter the barriers and limitations in front of them. Health and wellbeing through sports and good nutrition is another area of passion for Zoe.
Zoe is currently preparing for the Paris Olympic Games in 2024, following a stand out season racing the Diamond League (with a top 4 finish), 10th in the World at the Budapest Athletics World Champs and 4th at the 2024 World Indoor Champs.
