Helen Barnett-Burkart

Helen Catherine Burkart (née Barnett, born 13 May 1958) is a retired British sprinter. As Helen Barnett, she competed in the women's 400 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[1] She represented England in the 200 metres event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.^[2] Four years later she represented England in the 400 metres event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[3]^[4] She married the Swiss sprinter Stefan Burkart in 1986, and went on to represent Switzerland at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.^[1]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Great Britain / England
1982	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	9th	200 m	23.57
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	12th (sf)	400m	52.26
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	4th	4 × 400 m	3:25.51
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	9th (h)	400 m	54.29
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	10th (sf)	400 m	52.47
Representing Switzerland
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	9th (h)	4 × 400 m	3:31.26
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	8th	4 × 400 m	3:28.52

Personal life[edit]

Barnett married Stefan Burkart, who represented Switzerland at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. Their son Nishan Burkart is a footballer and a youth international with the Switzerland national under-20 football team.^[5]

^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Helen Barnett-Burkart Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
^ Binz, Simon (4 May 2020). "Ex-Sprinter Stefan Burkart im Alter von 62 Jahren verstorben" [Ex-sprinter Stefan Burkart dies at the age of 62]. Nau.ch (in German). Zürich. Retrieved 4 April 2021.