Dave Dephoff

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Dave Dephoff
Personal information
Birth nameDavid Dephoff
Born(1928-04-06)6 April 1928
Died14 November 2014(2014-11-14) (aged 86)
Rotorua, New Zealand
SpousePauline Jean Coombes[1][2]
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportAthletics
Achievements and titles
National finalsLong jump, 1st (1948, 52, 53)
Decathlon, 1st (1949, 50, 51)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Auckland Long jump

David Dephoff (6 April 1928 – 14 November 2014) was a New Zealand long jumper and decathlete, who won the bronze medal in the men's long jump at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland.

National championships[edit]

Representing Canterbury, Dephoff won the under-19 long jump at the New Zealand amateur athletics championships in 1946 and 1947, with distances of 21 ft 10+18 in (6.66 m) and 21 ft 10 in (6.65 m), respectively. He then won the national men's long jump title in 1948, 1952 and 1953, with a best distance of 23 ft 1 in (7.04 m) at the 1952 championships.[3]

At the 1949 national athletics championships, Dephoff won the inaugural decathlon title, with a total of 5446 points. He went on to defend his title in 1950 (5358 points) and 1951 (5919 points).[3]

British Empire Games[edit]

At the 1950 British Empire Games held in Auckland, Dephoff won the bronze medal in the men's long jump, with a distance of 23 ft 3 in (7.09 m), behind Neville Price of South Africa who recorded a distance of 24 ft 1 in (7.34 m), and Bevin Hough of New Zealand whose best jump was 23 ft 7+38 in (7.20 m).[4]

Death[edit]

Dephoff died at Rotorua on 14 November 2014.[1][5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "David Dephoff death notice". New Zealand Herald. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Pauline Dephoff death notice". New Zealand Herald. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b Hollings, Stephen (January 2015). "National champions 1887–2014" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Empire Games results". The West Australian. 8 February 1950. p. 16. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Annual report 2014/15" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. p. 4. Retrieved 11 April 2016.