Helen Koppell (born 15 June 1955) is a British diver. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]
Early life
She was with the 60th Leicester Guides.[2] She attended the Wyggeston Girls Grammar School. She was coached by Dick Koppell, her father. She lived on Queen's Road.[3][4]
She acquired 9 O-levels in 1971, and took A levels, hoping to go into medicine.[5][6] She studied medicine at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.[7] She took a year off her medicine course to prepare for the 1976 Olympics.[8]
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.[9] She moved to Toronto in July 1980, to continue her studies in anaesthesia.[10] She had her first baby in April 1986 in Canada. She had originally planned to return after five years.[11]
References
- ^ "Helen Koppell". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ Leicester Chronicle Friday 17 May 1968, page 8
- ^ Leicester Mercury Tuesday 29 June 1971, page 19
- ^ Leicester Mercury Monday 17 July 1972, page 17
- ^ Leicester Mercury Saturday 2 October 1971, page 14
- ^ Leicester Mercury Saturday 15 July 1972, page 14
- ^ Leicester Mercury Tuesday 16 July 1974, page 41
- ^ Leicester Chronicle Friday 9 July 1976, page 4
- ^ Leicester Mercury Friday 26 January 1979, page 27
- ^ Leicester Mercury Monday 21 July 1980, page 15
- ^ Leicester Mercury Friday 11 April 1986, page 8
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