Helena Brunner
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| Full name | Helena Martha Brunner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1957/1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Helena Martha Brunner, OAM,[1] (born 1957 or 1958[citation needed]) is an Australian swimmer, who won seven medals at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Games.
As a teenager, Brunner represented her state of New South Wales in national able-bodied swimming competitions, but she quit swimming at the age of seventeen; she was then briefly interested in water polo.[2] After finishing school, she attended Goulburn College of Advanced Education.[2]
In 1978 at the age of 20, she had a severe motorcycle accident while delivering mail for Australia Post; as a result, her right leg was amputated below the knee two years later. During her rehabilitation, she met someone who suggested that she take up swimming again.[2]
Eighteen months after the 1984 Paralympics, she had a daughter. She also worked as a teacher.[2]