Helen Koppell

Helen Koppell

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1955-06-15) 15 June 1955 (age 69) 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]

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

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