Tullik Helsing

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameJulie Augusta Thaulow "Tullik"•Helsing (-Jacobsen)
Used nameTullik•Helsing
Born12 December 1918 in Meldal, Trøndelag (NOR)
Died18 January 1994 in Oslo, Oslo (NOR)
AffiliationsOslo Kvinnelige Kappsvømmingsklubb
NOC Norway

Biography

Tullik Helsing was born in Meldal, where her father worked in the mining industry. Her family moved to Oslo when she was a schoolgirl, and she started with diving. Aged only 15, she won her first national title in platform diving in 1934, a feat that she repeated the following year. In 1936, she was selected for the Olympics as the youngest on the Norwegian team. She was also a decent tennis player. She quit diving after the Olympics, married in the late 1930s and gave birth to two children.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Diving (Aquatics) NOR Tullik Helsing
Platform, Women (Olympic) 13