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Thelma Hopkins

1936 - 2025

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Thelma Elizabeth Hopkins (16 March 1936 – 10 January 2025) was a Northern Irish athlete who competed in the high jump and the long jump. She won the high jump silver medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and was European champion in 1954. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thelma Hopkins is the 514th most popular athlete (up from 2,279th in 2019), the 3,251st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,733rd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Thelma Hopkins ranks 514 out of 6,025. Before her are Arvo Askola, William Gilmore, František Pospíšil, Steve Anderson, Jānis Daliņš, and František Janda-Suk. After her are Rune Larsson, Tatyana Shchelkanova, Eddie Hart, Yiannis Kouros, Natalya Lisovskaya, and Norman Read.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Thelma Hopkins ranks 318. Before her are Aharon Barak, Pen Sovan, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Kim Yong-chun, Agnieszka Osiecka, and Anthony Zerbe. After her are Victor Lanoux, Troy Donahue, Evelyn Fox Keller, Brian Blessed, Tomáš Pospíchal, and Ong Teng Cheong. Among people deceased in 2025, Thelma Hopkins ranks 245. Before her are José Araquistáin, Yaroslav Yevdokimov, Barbie Hsu, Baldur Preiml, Émilie Dequenne, and Bernardo Ruiz. After her are Marc Garneau, Bill Atkinson, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, Cristóbal Ortega, Jorge Costa, and Djamel Menad.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thelma Hopkins ranks 3,252 out of 8,785. Before her are Kiki Dee (1947), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), N. E. Brown (1849), Stella McCartney (1971), Tim Pigott-Smith (1946), and Jamie Oliver (1975). After her are Kathleen Kenyon (1906), Alex Salmond (1954), Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724), Samuel Morland (1625), Anthony Caro (1924), and Nick Rhodes (1962).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Thelma Hopkins ranks 22. Before her are Alfred Tysoe (1874), Edwin Flack (1873), John Ainsworth-Davis (1895), Jean Pickering (1929), Wally Kinnear (1880), and Ken McArthur (1881). After her are Norman Read (1931), Wyndham Halswelle (1882), Eddie Owen (1886), Albert Hill (1889), George Larner (1875), and Ian Stewart (1949).

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