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 ...

she broke the world high jump record, took a silver medal at the Melbourne Olympics, and won titles and broke records in the long jump, pentathlon and 80 metres hurdles – as well as playing ...

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 ...

Paralympics silver medalist Samson Ojuka has set his sights on smashing the world record for the long jump, this year.Ojuka says the record has been on his mind for a while and is determined to ...

At the 1956 Olympic Games, a 26-year-old Bell jumped 7.83m in challenging conditions to win by 15cm ahead of his compatriot ...

NEW YORK – World records fell in the men’s 2-mile and women’s 60m hurdles Sunday at the Millrose Games, which delivered a historic show. Great Britain’s Josh Kerr ran the men’s 2-mile in 8 minutes and ...

It was a razer-thin margin that separated the women who qualified for the high jump finals, and those who did not ... led by the sport's all time greatest runner Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. Fresh off ...

Greg Bell was the world's leading men's long jumper of the 1950s. As well as winning the Olympic title in Melbourne, his ...

Olympic Games, a 26-year-old Bell jumped 7.83m in challenging conditions to win by 15cm ahead of his compatriot John Bennett.

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 ...