Katinka Larsen
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 November 1905[1][2] Holborn, London | ||||||||||||||
| Died | August 1999 (aged 93) Chichester, Sussex | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||
Event | springboard | ||||||||||||||
| Club | London DC | ||||||||||||||
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Katinka Larsen (9 November 1905 – August 1999) was a female diver who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]
Diving career
Larsen represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games[3] in London, where she competed in the 3 metres springboard event.[4][5]
She won a silver medal in the 3 Metres Springboard Diving at the 1934 European Aquatics Championships.[6]
At the 1936 Olympics Games in Berlin, she finished 13th on the 3 metre springboard.[7]
Larsen was described in 1937 as being "one of the finest divers in the world".[8]
Personal life
She married Edward F W Tinsley in March 1937 at Finchley, with the wedding cake decorated with a miniature diving board.[9]
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kathinka Larsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
Full name: Kathinka Larsen (-Tinsley)
- ^ "Index entry: Kathinka Larsen". FreeBMD. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "London 1934 Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "England London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "K. Larsen". thecgf.com. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "European Swimming Championships (Women)". gbrathletics.com. GBR Athletics. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
Katinka Larsen
- ^ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Outstanding Diving Attraction Katinka Larsen". Peterborough Standard. 6 August 1937. p. 10-11. (preview) – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wedding cake decordated with miniature diving board". Sunday Mirror. 14 March 1937. p. 6. (preview) – via British Newspaper Archive.
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