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Thelma Hopkins
Melbourne 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 years and she passed away in Edmonton on 10 January.
The high jumper, who was born in Kingston Upon Hull in 1936 before moving to Northern Ireland, earned her first Northern Ireland senior titles as a 15-year-old in 1951 when won both the high jump and long jump.
(BBC sport)
