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Helen Meany
Helen Meany (1904–1991), American diver, first U.S. woman diver at three Olympics; 5th in plain high 1920 and 1924, 1928 Amsterdam springboard gold; 13–17 AAU titles; ended by Miami Beach water show.
Helen Richardson Walsh
Helen Richardson-Walsh, born 1981 in Hitchin, is a retired English field hockey midfielder with four Olympics for Team GB, bronze at London 2012, and gold at Rio 2016, where she scored in the shootout; married to teammate Kate Richardson-Walsh, MBE 2017.
Helen Stephens
Helen Stephens, nicknamed the Fulton Flash, was an American sprinter who won two gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and was never defeated in sprint competition.
Helen Wainwright
Helen Wainwright (Helen E. Wainwright-Stelling, 1906-1965), American diver and swimmer; Olympic silver in 1920 springboard diving and 1924 400 m freestyle; 1,500 m freestyle world record holder.
Helen Wills
Helen Wills (Helen Wills Moody, Helen Newington Wills Roark, 1905-1998), American tennis champion; won 31 majors including 8 Wimbledon singles titles; lost her only 1926 match to Suzanne Lenglen at Cannes.
Helena Crevar
Helena Crevar (born 2007) is an American submission grappler and BJJ black belt under John Danaher at Kingsway; youngest ADCC champion ever (2026, +65 kg) and 2024 silver medalist.
Helena Douglas (エレナ・ダグラス)
Helena Douglas (エレナ・ダグラス), "Fortune's Heiress", is the DOATEC leader in Dead or Alive, daughter of Fame Douglas, a Pi Gua Quan fighter with the bokuho stance, and Christie's rival.
Helena Fibingerova
Helena Fibingerová (Helena Fibingerová-Šmídová), Czechoslovak shot putter born 1949: 1983 world champion, 1976 Olympic bronze, and holder of the 22.50 m indoor world record set in 1977, still unbroken.
Helena Kivioja Takalo
Helena Kivioja Takalo (Anni Helena Kivioja-Takalo), Finnish cross-country skier born 1947 in Nivala; 1976 Olympic 5 km gold champion, five Olympic and ten World Championship medals, Holmenkollen Medal 1977.
Helene Engelmann
Helene Engelmann (Jaroschka), Austrian pair skater (1898–1985); 1924 Chamonix Olympic gold with Alfred Berger; three-time World pairs champion (1913 Mejstrik, 1922, 1924 Berger); youngest pairs world champion at 15.
Helene Fize
Hélène Fize (later Devèze), 1914-2014, French middle-distance runner; set the 3x800m relay world record (7:22.6, Monaco 1939) and held the French 800m record 2:21.2 for nine years; five French titles; SMUC Marseille.
Helene Leni Junker
Helene "Leni" Junker (1905–1997) was a German sprinter and hurdler who won a relay bronze at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and set three world best 100 meter marks.
Helene Madison
Helene Madison (1913-1970), American freestyle swimmer from Seattle, won three gold medals at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics (100m, 400m, 4x100m relay) and held 23 world records; first woman to swim 100 yards freestyle in one minute.
Helene Marie Fossesholm
Helene Marie Fossesholm (born 2001) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier, 2021 world relay champion and two-time World Cup runner-up who retired in October 2025 to study medicine.
Helene Mayer
Helene Mayer (1910–1953), German foil fencer; 1928 Olympic gold, 1936 silver as Nazi Germany's only Jewish-ancestry athlete; world champion 1929, 1931, 1937; eight US titles.
Helene, Comtesse de Pourtales
Hélène, Comtesse de Pourtalès (Helen Barbey, 1868-1945), Swiss-American countess and sailor; first woman to compete at the Olympics and first female Olympic medalist, winning gold and silver in the 1-2 ton class aboard Lérina at Paris 1900.
Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera, "il Mago", Argentine-born football manager (died Venice 1997) who led Inter's Grande Inter to three Serie A titles, two European Cups, and two Intercontinental Cups, and defined catenaccio.
Helfried Reinnagel
Helfried Reinnagel (1934-2007), East German 800m runner and GDR champion; anchor leg of the 4x1500m relay world record 15:11.4, Poznan 1958; later a Potsdam physician.
Helga Arendt
Helga Arendt (1964–2013), West German 400 m sprinter of SC Eintracht Hamm; 1989 World Indoor champion, 7th at Seoul 1988 Olympics; career ended by the 1990 Eintracht Hamm doping revelations; later a lawyer.
Helga Haase
Helga Haase, born Obschernitzki (1934–1989), was a German speed skater who competed for East Germany and won the 500 m at the 1960 Winter Olympics, the first GDR Winter gold.
Helga Lindner
Helga Lindner (later Haertel), 1951-2021, East German butterfly swimmer from Chemnitz; 1968 Olympic 200m butterfly silver behind Ada Kok, 1970 European champion, 200m fly European record holder.
Helga Seidler
Helga Seidler (born 1949, Olbernhau, Saxony) is an East German retired 400 m sprinter, 1972 Olympic 4x400 m relay champion in world-record 3:22.95, 1971 European 400 m champion, fourth in the 1972 Olympic 400 m.
Helge Adamsson
Helge Adamsson was a Swedish middle-distance runner with IF Linnéa Stockholm who set a 4 × 1500 meters relay world record of 16:37.0 with Edvin Wide in Norrköping on 2 August 1925.
Helge Backander
Helge Bäckander (Helge Gustaf Samuel Bäckander, 1891–1958), Swedish gymnast and army officer from Jönköping, club Lidköpings GSS; won gold in the men's team Swedish system at Antwerp 1920 and led the Swedish team at Berlin 1936.
Helge Gustafsson
Helge Gustafsson (Bror Helge Gustafsson, 1900–1981), Swedish gymnast from Ervalla, Örebro; won gold in the men's team Swedish system event for Sweden at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, club Karolinska Läroverkets IF.
Helge Løvland
Helge Andreas Løvland (1890–1984), Norwegian soldier and athlete of IF Ørnulf, won the 1920 Antwerp Olympic decathlon gold, held a 1919 decathlon world record, and later led Norwegian sports administration.
Heli Rantanen
Heli Rantanen (born 1970, Lammi, Finland) is a Finnish javelin thrower, 1996 Atlanta Olympic champion with 67.94 m on her first throw; first Finnish woman to win Olympic athletics gold, retired 2001.
Hélio Castroneves
Hélio Castroneves (Hélio Alves de Castro Neves), Brazilian racing driver born 1975, in São Paulo; four-time Indianapolis 500 winner (2001, 2002, 2009, 2021) with Meyer Shank Racing, 31 Indy car wins, 50 poles, no series championship, nicknamed Spiderman for his fence climbs.
Hélio Gracie
Hélio Gracie (1913–2009), Brazilian jiu-jitsu master and fighter of the Gracie family, brother of Carlos Gracie; famous for the 1951 Kimura match, the Gracie academies in Rio, and fathering the sons who created the UFC.
Heliskiing
Heliskiing, also called heli-skiing, is guided backcountry skiing using helicopters as the lift. Pioneered by Hans Gmoser in Canada's Bugaboos in 1965; costs roughly USD$13,000-17,000 weekly, weather-dependent, avalanche-briefed.