Helen Koppell

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Helen Koppell
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1955-06-15) 15 June 1955 (age 68)
Leicester, England
Sport
Sport Diving

Helen Koppell (born 15 June 1955) is a British diver. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1]

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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]

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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