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Helen Woodhouse (born 6 May 1953) is a British canoe sprinter who competed in the early 1970s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

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EDUCATION she was educated at St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School in North Finchley, London.