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Helen Vanderburg (born January 12, 1959) is a former Canadian synchronized swimmer and world champion.




Career


Vanderburg began synchronized swimming in 1969 at age eleven. From 1971 to 1973, she was a member of junior national championship teams, and in 1973 she captured the junior Canadian solo and duet championships. In 1977, Vanderburg joined the senior ranks, winning the solo and duet competition with partner, Michelle Calkins at the Canadian Aquatic Championships, the first of three years that she won both events. Vanderburg was the first non-American to win the World Championship at both the Solo and Duet events, doing so at the 1978 World Aquatic Championships in West Berlin. After Calkins' retirement in 1978, Vanderburg partnered with Kelly Kryczka and they went on to win gold in the duet, at the 1979 Pan American Games, Vanderburg also won gold in the solo event. Vanderburg retired from competition in 1979.




Titles


1979

Pan American Games (in Puerto Rico) - gold in both solo and duet; silver in the team
Fina World Cup (in Tokyo) - gold in both solo and duet
Pan Pacific Games (in Christchurch, New Zealand) - gold in solo
Canadian Senior Champion - solo, duet and figures
1978

World Aquatics Championships (in Berlin) - gold in both solo and duet
Canadian Senior Champion - solo, duet and figures
1977

Pan Pacific Games (in Mexico City, Mexico) - gold in duet; silver in solo and team
Canadian Senior Champion - both solo and duet
1973

Canadian Jr. Champion - both solo and duet




Honors


Vanderburg was awarded the Velma Springstead Trophy in 1979 as Canada's outstanding female athlete of the year Vanderburg was elected to the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. She was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1980, and in 1985, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.




See also


List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame




References






External links


Official web site
Canada's Sport Hall of Fame profile
International Swimming Hall of Fame profile
Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum profile

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Jacques Ellul
• Helen Vanderburg
• Van der Burg
• List of synchronised swimmers
• 1959 in Canada
• 1978 World Aquatics Championships
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming
• List of members of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
• Synchronized swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games
• Synchronised swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships
• Kelly Kryczka