Brenda Helser

Brenda Helser

Personal information
Full name	Brenda Mersereau Helser
National team	United States
Born	(1924-05-26) May 26, 1924 San Francisco, California
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Multnomah Athletic Club, Los Angeles Athletic Club
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games London 1948 4×100 m freestyle relay

Brenda Mersereau Helser (born May 26, 1924), later known by her married name Brenda Helser de Morelos, is an American former competition swimmer who won a gold medal in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. A graduate of Stanford University, de Morelos grew up in Oregon where her swim coach was International Swimming Hall of Fame member Jack Cody. Along with fellow 1948 Olympians Suzanne Zimmerman and Nancy Merki, Helser was part of the Multnomah Athletic Club team dubbed "Cody's Kids" that from 1939 to 1948, won 58 individual national swimming titles and three national team swimming championships.^[1]

After her retirement from competition swimming, Helser married the Comte de Morelos, a French nobleman, and became the Comtesse de Morelos y Guerrero.^[1] She is a member of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of Stanford University people

References

External links

• Brenda Helser – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com

1948 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's Team	Keith Carter Bob Cowell William Dudley Alan Ford Bob Gibe Edwin Gilbert Bill Heusner Jimmy McLane Forbes Norris Howard Patterson Wally Ris Eugene Rogers Bill Smith Bob Sohl Allen Stack Joe Verdeur Wally Wolf
Women's Team	Marie Corridon Ann Curtis Brenda Helser Barbara Jensen Thelma Kalama Clara LaMore Nancy Lees Muriel Mellon Penny Pence Jeanne Wilson Suzanne Zimmerman