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Full name | Helen Gradwell Varcoe | ||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
Born | Truro, England | 18 February 1907||||||||||||||
Died | 7 May 1995 Croydon, London, England | (aged 88)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
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Helen Gradwell Varcoe (18 February 1907 – 7 May 1995), later known by her married name Helen Nicholls, was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [1] Varcoe won a bronze medal swimming the anchor leg for the British women's team in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, together with her teammates Joyce Cooper, Valerie Davies and Edna Hughes. [1] [2] The British women finished third with a time of 4:52.4, behind the Americans (4:38.0) and Dutch (4:47.5), and ahead of the Canadians (5:05.7). [3]
Varcoe was born in Croydon, London, and died in Truro, Cornwall. [1] [4]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Helen Gradwell Varcoe | ||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
Born | Truro, England | 18 February 1907||||||||||||||
Died | 7 May 1995 Croydon, London, England | (aged 88)||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Helen Gradwell Varcoe (18 February 1907 – 7 May 1995), later known by her married name Helen Nicholls, was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [1] Varcoe won a bronze medal swimming the anchor leg for the British women's team in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, together with her teammates Joyce Cooper, Valerie Davies and Edna Hughes. [1] [2] The British women finished third with a time of 4:52.4, behind the Americans (4:38.0) and Dutch (4:47.5), and ahead of the Canadians (5:05.7). [3]
Varcoe was born in Croydon, London, and died in Truro, Cornwall. [1] [4]