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| Birth name | Sybil Tabachnikoff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Sybil (Syd) C. Koff Cooper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Syd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1911 Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | May 20, 1998 (85 years of age) New York City, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Brooklyn, New York City, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Parson's Art School; Art Students League; Toledo University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Artist and ceramist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 lb (52 kg)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 sons, Stephen and Ellis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track & field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | sprint, hurdles, broad jump, high jump, shot put, and triathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Millrose Athletic Club and German-American Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National finals | 80-yard hurdles US national champion (1940) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sybil C. Koff, known primarily as Syd Koff, born Sybil Tabachnikoff, later known as Sybil Cooper (1912 – May 20, 1998) was an American sprinter, hurdler, broad jumper, high jumper, shot putter, and triathlete.[2][3][4] She competed in the 1932 Maccabiah Games in Mandatory Palestine, winning four gold medals, and at the 1935 Maccabiah Games, winning three gold medals. She was the 1931 New York metropolitan champion runner, won the 1935 200m Metropolitan Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) title, won the 1936 running broad jump Women's Metropolitan Championship, and was the 1940 80-yard hurdles US national champion. She qualified for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in the broad jump and high jump events, but boycotted the Games, as they were held in Nazi Germany. She also qualified for the 1940 Summer Olympic Games, but they were cancelled during World War II.
- ^ Elizabeth Lips (April 28, 1948). "Olympic Hurdle Team Member Turns To Potter's Wheel and Ceramic Making". Brooklyn Eagle. p. 29.
- ^ "Track Treats; Syd Koff Entered". Jewish Daily Bulletin. March 6, 1934. p. 15.
- ^ Brian Berk. "Sybil Cooper: The Passing of a Legend". The Jewish Post.
- ^ Morris Weiner (August 7, 1934). "The Year in Jewish Sport". The Detroit Jewish News. p. 7.