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 ...

Just be calm and do your best.” And in keeping with the spirit of his sport, Timothy now has loftier goals to aim for. “My ultimate goal in high jump is to break the junior and Hong Kong ...

That year, as a 15-year-old, she won her first Northern Ireland senior titles, in the high jump and long jump. The following year in Helsinki she was Britain’s youngest competitor at the Olympic ...