Helena Salles Explained

Helena Salles
Fullname:Helena de Moraes Salles
Strokes:Freestyle
Birth Date:8 July 1919
Birth Place:Brazil

Helena de Moraes Salles (July 8, 1919 – June 1, 2011) was an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated at one Summer Olympics for her native country.[1]

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, she swam the 100-metre freestyle, not reaching the finals. Salles died in 2011 at the age of 91.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sports Reference Profile . Sports Reference . 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190142/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/helena-de-salles-1.html . dead . April 17, 2020 . June 29, 2013.
  2. http://www.bestswim.com.br/2016/07/09/diario-olimpico-8-de-julho-de-2016/ Diário Olímpico – 8 de Julho de 2016