Dave Dephoff
{{Short description|New Zealand athlete (1928–2014)}}
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| nationals = Long jump, 1st (1948, 52, 53)
Decathlon, 1st (1949, 50, 51)
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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
Representing Canterbury, Dephoff won the under-19 long jump at the New Zealand amateur athletics championships in 1946 and 1947, with distances of {{convert|21|ft|10+1/8|in|m|2|abbr=on}} and {{convert|21|ft|10|in|m|2|abbr=on}}, respectively. He then won the national men's long jump title in 1948, 1952 and 1953, with a best distance of {{convert|23|ft|1|in|m|2|abbr=on}} at the 1952 championships.{{cite web |url=http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/userfiles/file/National_Champions.pdf |title=National champions 1887–2014 |date=January 2015 |publisher=Athletics New Zealand |access-date=11 April 2016 | first=Stephen | last=Hollings}}
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).
British Empire Games
At the 1950 British Empire Games held in Auckland, Dephoff won the bronze medal in the men's long jump, with a distance of {{convert|23|ft|3|in|m|2|abbr=on}}, behind Neville Price of South Africa who recorded a distance of {{convert|24|ft|1|in|m|2|abbr=on}}, and Bevin Hough of New Zealand whose best jump was {{convert|23|ft|7+3/8|in|m|2|abbr=on}}.{{cite news | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47828088 | title=Empire Games results | date=8 February 1950 | work=The West Australian | access-date=11 April 2016 | page=16}}
Death
Dephoff died at Rotorua on 14 November 2014.{{cite news | url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?pid=173181912 | title=David Dephoff death notice | date=17 November 2014 | work=New Zealand Herald | access-date=11 April 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.athletics.org.nz/Portals/24/Files/Administration/Annual%20Report%20Web%202015%20v2.pdf |title=Annual report 2014/15 |publisher=Athletics New Zealand | page=4 |access-date=11 April 2016}}
References
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{{1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team}}
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Category:Athletes from Christchurch
Category:New Zealand male long jumpers
Category:New Zealand decathletes
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
Category:Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
Category:New Zealand Athletics Championships winners
Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
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