1956 Olympic high jump silver medallist Thelma Hopkins, who won Empire Games gold for Northern Ireland and also held the world record, has died at the age of 88. Hopkins lived in Canada for many ...

Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr admits it is time for him to move on from his Paris success. Kerr will compete this ...

Thelma Hopkins set a new women's high jump world record in Belfast in May 1956 and won Olympic Games silver six months later in Melbourne 1956 Olympic high jump silver medallist Thelma Hopkins ...

Thelma Hopkins, right, accepting a trophy at the Women’s Amateur Athletics Association Championships in 1957 from her fellow Olympic high jump silver medallists, Dorothy Tyler, left, and Sheila ...

Thelma Hopkins, the 1956 Olympic high jump silver medallist and 1954 European and Empire Games champion, died on January 10 aged 88. Born in Kingston Upon Hull, she moved to Belfast in Northern ...

2024 Paris Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr and Paralympic 200m T47 champion Anna Grimaldi are on track to wow kiwi sporting fans this summer. Both are set to draw crowds across the country ...

Warm conditions, following a spell of fine weather, a gentle breeze that favoured sprinters on the home straight and a televised interview with Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr helped draw a ...

Thelma Hopkins, one of the greatest athletes to represent Northern Ireland, has passed away at the age of 88. A legendary competitor, Hopkins made a world record leap into history, claimed an ...