Helen Aitchison

{{Short description|British tennis player}}

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{{MedalSilver | 1912 Stockholm | Indoor mixed doubles}}

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Frances Helen Aitchison (6 December 1881 – 26 May 1947) was a Sunderland-born tennis player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ai/helen-aitchison-1.html |title=Helen Aitchison Olympic Results |accessdate=15 May 2013 |publisher=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203191232/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ai/helen-aitchison-1.html |archivedate=3 February 2013 }}

In 1912, she won the silver medal with her partner Herbert Barrett in the indoor mixed doubles competition. She also participated in the indoor singles event but was eliminated in the quarter-finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/38 |title=Helen Aitchison |work=Olympedia |access-date=9 June 2021}}