Helen Don-Duncan
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| National team |  Great Britain |
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| Born | 9 June 1981 Wigan, England |
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| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb; 8.8 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Helen Smart (nee Don-Duncan; 9 June 1981 – 12 August 2023)[1] was an English competitive swimmer and backstroke specialist.[2]
Swimming career
Don-Duncan represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships, and European championships, and swam for England in the Commonwealth Games. At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, she came 15th in the women's 200-metre backstroke.[3]
Don-Duncan represented England and won a bronze medal in the 200 backstroke metres event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[4][5][6]
At the ASA National British Championships, she won four consecutive 200 metres backstroke titles (in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000).[7][8][9][10]
Post-swimming career
After retiring from competitive swimming following the Sydney Olympics, Don-Duncan moved into education, becoming the headteacher of Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School in Wigan, a position she held for the rest of her life.[11]
Death
Don-Duncan died on 12 August 2023, at the age of 42.[12][13]
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- 1981 births
- 2023 deaths
- Sportspeople from Wigan
- Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- English backstroke swimmers
- English female swimmers
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Women heads of schools in the United Kingdom
- English women educators
- 21st-century women educators
- 21st-century English educators
