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British diver

Helen Koppell
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1955-06-15) 15 June 1955 (age 69)
Leicester, England
Sport
SportDiving

Helen Koppell (born 15 June 1955) is a British diver. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Early life

She was with the 60th Leicester Guides. She attended the Wyggeston Girls Grammar School. She was coached by Dick Koppell, her father. She lived on Queen's Road.

She acquired 9 O-levels in 1971, and took A levels, hoping to go into medicine. She studied medicine at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. She took a year off her medicine course to prepare for the 1976 Olympics.

Career

She became an anaesthetist at the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto).

Personal life

She married on Saturday 27 January 1979 to Dr Richard Holtby in London. She moved to Toronto in July 1980, to continue her studies in anaesthesia. She had her first baby in April 1986 in Canada. She had originally planned to return after five years.

References

  1. "Helen Koppell". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. Leicester Chronicle Friday 17 May 1968, page 8
  3. Leicester Mercury Tuesday 29 June 1971, page 19
  4. Leicester Mercury Monday 17 July 1972, page 17
  5. Leicester Mercury Saturday 2 October 1971, page 14
  6. Leicester Mercury Saturday 15 July 1972, page 14
  7. Leicester Mercury Tuesday 16 July 1974, page 41
  8. Leicester Chronicle Friday 9 July 1976, page 4
  9. Leicester Mercury Friday 26 January 1979, page 27
  10. Leicester Mercury Monday 21 July 1980, page 15
  11. Leicester Mercury Friday 11 April 1986, page 8
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