Helen Frank (swimmer)
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Born | Leeds, England | 1 July 1971
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Sport | Swimming |
Helen Frank (born 1 January 1971) is a British international swimmer. She was a member of the City of Leeds Swimming Club.[1] She competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[2]
Frank was also selected as a member of the England National Youth Squad (1985 -1986) and the Sun Life England Intermediate Squad (1988).[3] She participated in the European Junior Championships, West Berlin, Germany, in 1986.[3]
After her international swimming career, Frank studied Physiotherapy at Leeds Metropolitan University, completed a work placement at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital and embarked on a career in the National Health Service.[4]
Frank became a lecturer in Physiotherapy at the University of Birmingham and is currently the Deputy Head for the School of Allied Health and Community at the University of Worcester.
References
[edit]- ^ "Helen Frank". Team GB. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Helen Frank Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ a b "International Swimmers". City of Leeds Swimming Club. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Dr Helen Frank". University Of Worcester. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- 1971 births
- Living people
- English female breaststroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Leeds
- British female breaststroke swimmers
- British swimming biography stubs
- Alumni of Leeds Beckett University
- Academics of the University of Birmingham
- Academics of the University of Worcester
- 20th-century British women educators