Hélène de Pourtalès

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Olympic medal record
Open Sailing
Gold	1900 Paris	1—2 ton class, race 1
Silver	1900 Paris	1—2 ton class, race 2

Hélène de Pourtalès^[1] (born as Helen Barbey) (28 April 1868 – 2 November 1945) was a Swiss sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.

She was a member of the Swiss boat Lérina, which won the gold medal in the first race of 2-3 ton class and silver medal in the second race of 2-3 ton class. She also participated in the open class, but did not finish. Her husband Hermann and husband's nephew Bernard were also crew members.

She was born in New York City and died in Geneva, Switzerland. She was also one of the first women to take part in the Olympics. She was very well known after her gold medal in the Olympics where women were allowed to take part for the very first time.

↑ http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports Official Reports Olympic Games 1896 - 2004

Persondata
Name	Pourtales, Helen de
Alternative names
Short description	Swiss yacht racer
Date of birth	28 April 1868
Place of birth
Date of death	2 November 1945
Place of death

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