Helga Braathen

{{short description|Norwegian artistic gymnast}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|3|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Drammen, Norway

| death_date = {{death date and age |1982|10|11|1953|3|5|df=y}}

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Helga Braathen (5 March 1953 – 11 October 1982) was a Norwegian artistic gymnast.

She was born in Drammen. She competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/helga-braathen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191850/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/helga-braathen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |accessdate=3 September 2018 }} She died at 29 years old, suffering from anorexia nervosa.