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.Leicester Chronicle Friday 17 May 1968, page 8 She attended the Wyggeston Girls Grammar School. She was coached by Dick Koppell, her father. She lived on Queen's Road.Leicester Mercury Tuesday 29 June 1971, page 19Leicester Mercury Monday 17 July 1972, page 17
She acquired 9 O-levels in 1971, and took A levels, hoping to go into medicine.Leicester Mercury Saturday 2 October 1971, page 14Leicester Mercury Saturday 15 July 1972, page 14 She studied medicine at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.Leicester Mercury Tuesday 16 July 1974, page 41 She took a year off her medicine course to prepare for the 1976 Olympics.Leicester Chronicle Friday 9 July 1976, page 4
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.Leicester Mercury Friday 26 January 1979, page 27 She moved to Toronto in July 1980, to continue her studies in anaesthesia.Leicester Mercury Monday 21 July 1980, page 15 She had her first baby in April 1986 in Canada. She had originally planned to return after five years.Leicester Mercury Friday 11 April 1986, page 8
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