Katinka Larsen

Katinka Larsen
Personal information
Nationality	England
Born	9 November 1905; Holborn, London
Died	August 1999 (aged 93); Chichester, Sussex
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing Great Britain
European Championships

Katinka Larsen (9 November 1905 – August 1999) was a female diver who competed for England.^[1]

Diving career

Larsen competed for England in the 3 Metres Springboard at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.^[3] She won a silver medal in the 3 Metres Springboard Diving at the 1934 European Aquatics Championships.^[4] She also competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics,^[1] finishing 13th on the 3 metre springboard.

Larsen was described in 1937 as being "one of the finest divers in the world".^[5]

She married Edward F W Tinsley in March 1937 at Finchley, with the wedding cake decorated with a miniature diving board.^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ "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
^ "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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