sport.wikisort.org - AthleteThelma Elizabeth Hopkins (born 16 March 1936) is a Northern Irish athlete, who competed in the high and the long jump.
Northern Irish athlete (born 1936)
Thelma Hopkins
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Full name | Thelma Elizabeth Hopkins |
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Nationality | British |
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Born | (1936-03-16) 16 March 1936 (age 86) Kingston upon Hull, England |
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On 5 May 1956 she broke the world record in high jump in Belfast with a jump of 1.74 metres, breaking the record of 1.73 metres set by Aleksandra Chudina of the USSR on 22 May 1954. Her record was broken on 14 July 1956 in Bucharest by Iolanda Balaș of Romania.[1]
Her achievement in breaking the world record is commemorated by a plaque in Cherryvale Playing Fields, South Belfast.
Hopkins was born in Kingston upon Hull. She competed for Great Britain in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, in the high jump event, where she won the silver medal jointly with Maria Pisareva. In the 1954 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal for Northern Ireland.
As well as athletics she excelled at hockey where she was a regular choice for the Ireland women's national field hockey team, playing at forward and winning 40 caps. She also represented Ireland as an international Squash player.
She was one of many signatories in a letter to The Times on 17 July 1958 opposing 'the policy of apartheid' in international sport and defending 'the principle of racial equality which is embodied in the Declaration of the Olympic Games'.[2]
References
- Brown, Geoff and Hogsbjerg, Christian. Apartheid is not a Game: Remembering the Stop the Seventy Tour campaign. London: Redwords, 2020. ISBN 9781912926589.
European Athletics Championships champions in women's high jump |
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Commonwealth Games champions in women's high jump |
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- 1934: Marjorie Clark (SAF)
- 1938–50: Dorothy Tyler-Odam (ENG)
- 1954: Thelma Hopkins (NIR)
- 1958: Michele Brown (AUS)
- 1962: Robyn Woodhouse (AUS)
- 1966: Michele Brown (AUS)
- 1970: Debbie Brill (CAN)
- 1974: Barbara Lawton (ENG)
- 1978: Katrina Gibbs (AUS)
- 1982: Debbie Brill (CAN)
- 1986: Christine Stanton (AUS)
- 1990: Tania Murray (NZL)
- 1994: Alison Inverarity (AUS)
- 1998–2002: Hestrie Cloete (RSA)
- 2006: Anika Smit (RSA)
- 2010: Nicole Forrester (CAN)
- 2014: Eleanor Patterson (AUS)
- 2018: Levern Spencer (LCA)
- 2022: Lamara Distin (JAM)
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AAA Championships British national champions in women's high jump |
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1922–1939 |
- 1922: Sylvia Stone
- 1923: Hilda Hatt
- 1924: Sophie Elliott-Lynn
- 1925: Phyllis Green
- 1926: Phyllis Green
- 1927: Phyllis Green
- 1928: Marjorie O'Kell
- 1929: Marjorie O'Kell
- 1930: Mary Milne
- 1931: Marjorie O'Kell
- 1932: Mary Milne
- 1933: Mary Milne
- 1934: Mary Milne
- 1935: Mary Milne
- 1936: Dorothy Odam
- 1937: Dorothy Odam
- 1938: Dorothy Odam
- 1939: Dorothy Odam
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1946–59 | |
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1960–2006 |
- 1960: Dorothy Shirley
- 1961: Dorothy Shirley
- 1962: Frances Slaap
- 1963: Linda Knowles & Susan Dennler
- 1964: Frances Slaap
- 1965: Frances Slaap
- 1966: Dorothy Shirley
- 1967: Linda Knowles
- 1968: Dorothy Shirley
- 1969: Barbara Inkpen
- 1970: Dorothy Shirley
- 1971: Barbara Inkpen
- 1972: Rosaline Few
- 1973: Barbara Lawton
- 1974: Val Harrison
- 1975: Denise Brown
- 1976: Denise Brown
- 1977: Brenda Gibbs
- 1978: Carol Mathers
- 1979: Barbara Simmonds
- 1980: Ann-Marie Devally
- 1981: Ann-Marie Cording
- 1982: Barbara Simmonds
- 1983: Gillian Evans
- 1984: Diana Elliott
- 1985: Diana Davies
- 1986: Diana Davies
- 1987: Sharon McPeake
- 1988: Janet Boyle
- 1989: Diana Davies
- 1990: Lea Haggett
- 1991: Debbie Marti
- 1992: Lea Haggett
- 1993: Debbie Marti
- 1994: Julia Bennett
- 1995: Lea Haggett
- 1996: Debbie Marti
- 1997: Debbie Marti
- 1998: Jo Jennings
- 1999: Jo Jennings
- 2000: Jo Jennings
- 2001: Susan Jones
- 2002: Susan Jones
- 2003: Susan Jones
- 2004: Susan Jones
- 2005: Susan Jones
- 2006: Julie Crane
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На других языках
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[fr] Thelma Hopkins
Thelma Elizabeth Hopkins (née le 16 mars 1936 à Kingston-upon-Hull) est une athlète britannique, spécialiste du saut en hauteur.
[it] Thelma Hopkins
Thelma Hopkins (Kingston upon Hull, 17 marzo 1936) è un'ex altista britannica, vincitrice della medaglia d'argento ai Giochi olimpici di Melbourne nel 1956.
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