Helen Barnett-Burkart

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Helen Burkart
née Barnett

| image =

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| nationality = British (English)

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprinting/400 metres

| club = Croydon Harriers

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|5|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = London, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height =170 cm

| weight =62 kg

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Helen Catherine Burkart (née Barnett, born 13 May 1958) is a British retired sprinter who competed at two Olympic Games.

Biography

Barnett finished third behind Andrea Lynch in the 100 metres and third behind Denise Ramsden in the 200 metres at the 1976 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19760822/558/0027 |title=Super Andrea Powers Home |work=Sunday Express |date=22 August 1976 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 March 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19760823/333/0011 |title=Athletics |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=23 August 1976 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 March 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=8 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=8 March 2025 }}

She represented England in the 200 metres event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/brisbane-1982/athletes|title=1982 Athletes|website=Team England}}

She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/helen-barnett-burkart-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041344/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/helen-barnett-burkart-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Helen Barnett-Burkart Olympic Results |access-date=3 August 2017}}

She later represented England in the 400 metres event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40407|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=1 October 2019|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418082009/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40407|url-status=dead}} 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.

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan=6\|Representing {{GBR2}} / {{ENG}}
1982 \|Commonwealth Games \|Brisbane, Australia \|9th \|200 m \|23.57
rowspan=2\|1984 \|rowspan=2\|Olympic Games \|rowspan=2\|Los Angeles, United States \|12th (sf) \|400m \|52.26
4th \|4 × 400 m \|3:25.51
rowspan=2\|1986 \|Commonwealth Games \|Edinburgh, United Kingdom \|9th (h) \|400 m \|54.29
European Championships	Stuttgart, Germany \|10th (sf) \|400 m \|52.47
colspan=6\|Representing {{SWI}}
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

colspan=6|Representing {{GBR2}} / {{ENG}}

1982

|Commonwealth Games

|Brisbane, Australia

|9th

|200 m

|23.57

rowspan=2|1984

|rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|Los Angeles, United States

|12th (sf)

|400m

|52.26

4th

|4 × 400 m

|3:25.51

rowspan=2|1986

|Commonwealth Games

|Edinburgh, United Kingdom

|9th (h)

|400 m

|54.29

European Championships

Stuttgart, Germany

|10th (sf)

|400 m

|52.47

colspan=6|Representing {{SWI}}

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

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.{{cite news |last=Binz |first=Simon |location=Zürich |url=https://www.nau.ch/sport/leichtathletik/ex-sprinter-stefan-burkart-im-alter-von-62-jahren-verstorben-65702688 |title=Ex-Sprinter Stefan Burkart im Alter von 62 Jahren verstorben |trans-title=Ex-sprinter Stefan Burkart dies at the age of 62 |work=Nau.ch |date=4 May 2020 |access-date=4 April 2021 |language=de}}