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Thelma Hopkins 1936-2025, Olympic 4th (at age of 16), European and Commonwealth Games HJ champion!

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Thelma Hopkins 1936-2025 The death was reported recently of Thelma Hopkins at the age of 88. Her greatest achievement was winning  a silver medal in the High Jump at the 1956 Olympics. In the same year she broke the world record with a leap of 1.74. I have heard Niola Olysagers say “the must be a reason why I am 6 foot 2 – and perhaps the reason is High jump”. Hopkins was 5 foot 5. Yet she would regularly beat 6 foot high jumpers. She competed i…
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Run Blog Run broke the news in on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
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