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 ...

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 ...

Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr admits it is time for him to move on from his Paris success. Kerr will compete this weekend for the first time since winning gold in Paris in August. The 28-year ...

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 ...

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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 ...

With her are fellow Olympic athletes Dorothy Tyler (left) and Sheila Lerwill. She clinched gold in the high jump and silver in the long jump three years later for Northern Ireland at the Empire ...

Bell was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, on 7 November 1930 and he attended Garfield High School. After starting work and then serving in the army, he joined Indiana University and remained undefeated ...