Helga Hellebrand-Wiedermann ( Vienna, 29 December 1930 –

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, 8 February 2013) was an Austrian

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who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Competing in two

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, she earned her best finish of ninth in the K-2 500 m event at Rome in

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

References

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Mention of Helga Hellebrand-Wiedermann's death (pg. 28)
* 1930 births 2013 deaths Austrian female canoeists Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Austria {{Austria-canoe-bio-stub