Katinka Larsen
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1905-11-09)9 November 1905[1][2]
Holborn, London
DiedAugust 1999 (1999-09) (aged 93)
Chichester, Sussex
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1934 Magdeburg3 m springboard

Katinka Larsen (9 November 1905 – August 1999) was a female diver who competed for England.[1]

Diving career

Larsen competed for England in the 3 Metres Springboard at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.[3] She won a silver medal in the 3 Metres Springboard Diving at the 1934 European Aquatics Championships.[4] She also competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics,[1] finishing 13th on the 3 metre springboard.

Larsen was described in 1937 as being "one of the finest divers in the world".[5]

Personal life

She married Edward F W Tinsley in March 1937 at Finchley, with the wedding cake decorated with a miniature diving board.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kathinka Larsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020. Full name: Kathinka Larsen (-Tinsley)
  2. ↑ "Index entry: Kathinka Larsen". FreeBMD. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "K. Larsen". thecgf.com. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "European Swimming Championships (Women)". gbrathletics.com. GBR Athletics. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2019. Katinka Larsen
  5. ↑ "Outstanding Diving Attraction Katinka Larsen". Peterborough Standard. 6 August 1937. p. 10-11. (preview) – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Wedding cake decordated with miniature diving board". Sunday Mirror. 14 March 1937. p. 6. (preview) – via British Newspaper Archive.


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