Abby Hoffman

Abby Hoffman
nation	Canada
birthday	11th February 1947 (age 73)
place of birth	Toronto , Canada
Career
Medal table
Universiade 0 × 1 × 1 × Pan American Games 2 × 1 × 2 × Commonwealth Games 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Universiade bronze Budapest 1965 800 m silver Tokyo 1967 800 m  Pan American Games gold São Paulo 1963 800 m bronze Winnipeg 1967 800 m gold Cali 1971 800 m silver Mexico 1975 800 m bronze Mexico 1975 1500 m  Commonwealth Games gold Kingston 1966 880 yards
last change: June 8, 2020

Abby Hoffman (actually Abigail Golda Hoffman; born February 11, 1947 in Toronto ) is a former Canadian middle-distance runner and sprinter .

Career

In 1962, she was in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth Seventh than 880  yards , and in 1963 she won at the Pan American Games in Sao Paulo on m 800 .

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, she was eliminated over 400 m and 800 m in the preliminary run.

In 1965 she won 800m bronze at the Universiade , in 1966 she won 880 yards at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston , and in 1967 she won 800m bronze at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg and silver at the Universiade.

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, she was seventh over 800 m. The victory over this distance at the Pan American Games in 1971 in Cali was followed by eighth place at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

At the Pan American Games in Mexico City in 1975 , she won silver over 800 and bronze over 1500 m. In 1976, she retired from the first round of the Olympic Games in Montreal over 800 m.

Eight times she was Canadian champion over 800 m or 880 yards (1962-1966, 1968, 1969, 1974) and twice over 400 m or 440 yards (1963, 1964) and in cross-country running (1963, 1964). In 1965 and 1971 she was US indoor champion over 880 yards, in 1969 in the mile run .

Personal bests

• 400 m: 54.1 s, August 31, 1963, Hamilton
• 800 m: 2: 00.17 min, September 3, 1972, Munich

Web links

• Abby Hoffman in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Abby Hoffman in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
• Abby Hoffman in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )