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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...