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 ...

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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, 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 ...