Helen Catherine Burkart (née Barnett, born 13 May 1958) is a British retired sprinter who competed at two Olympic Games.

Biography

Barnett finished third behind

Andrea Lynch Andrea Joan Caron Lynch (born 24 November 1952) is a British former track and field sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres. A two-time Olympian, the peak of her career was becoming a bronze medallist in the 100 m at the 1974 European ...

in the 100 metres and third behind Denise Ramsden in the 200 metres at the

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. She represented

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in the 200 metres event, at the

1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named after Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the ...

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, Australia. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

. She later represented

in the 400 metres event, at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. This was the second Commonwealth Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largely African, Asian and Caribbe ...

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, Scotland. She married the Swiss sprinter

Stefan Burkart Stefan Burkart (9 December 1957 – 3 May 2020) was a Swiss sprint (running), sprinter and Coach (sport), sports coach who specialised in the 60 metres and 100 metres. His personal bests of 6.61 seconds and 10.32 seconds are former Swiss records ...

in 1986, and went on to represent Switzerland at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.

Personal life

Barnett married

, who represented Switzerland at the

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and

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Summer Olympics. Their son

Nishan Burkart Nishan Connell Burkart (born 31 January 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Swiss Super League club Winterthur. Club career Burkart began his youth career with FC Zürich, before moving to the Manchester U ...

is a

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and a youth international with the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnett-Burkart, Helen 1958 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics British female sprinters English female sprinters Swiss female sprinters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Olympic athletes for Switzerland Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games athletes for England Olympic female sprinters Athletes from London 20th-century English sportswomen