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 (aged 75 years 1 month 6 days) 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