Drama in England after the death of a swimming champion who participated in the Olympic Games. Helen Smart, a former top athlete turned school principal, was found dead by her 4-year-old granddaughter.
The UK is in mourning after the announcement of the death of Helen Smart, a former swimming champion who participated in the Sydney Olympics in 2000. As reported by the English mediaThe Daily Mail, the famous swimmer died at her home at just 43 years old. If former high-level athletes often choose to keep a foothold in the world of competition by becoming a coach or consultant, Helen Smart had started a retraining and had been principal in a school for several years.
For the moment, the causes of the death of the former champion remain unknown but horror and sadness intervene since we learn that it was his 4-year-old daughter who allegedly made the macabre discovery within the family home. The little girl would have tried to wake up her mother in vain, in the middle of the night.
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Death of Helen Smart: the husband of the devastated former champion
Always according to DailyMail, it is indeed Heidi, the daughter of Helen Smart who would have discovered her death by trying to wake her up. “Daddy, I can’t wake up mommy” the 4-year-old girl would then have said to her father, after trying to wake her up during the night. We then learn that the happy family was on vacation at the time of the tragedy and that Helen Smart showed no signs of being unwell, she who had paddled with relatives a few hours before her death.
Questioned by the English press, Linda, the mother of Helen Smart has made revelations about the circumstances of this terrible night. “Heidi woke up in the middle of the night trying to get into bed with her.” Her husband Craig Smart wouldn’t have cared too much then, just thinking his wife was sound asleep before finally realizing something was wrong.
Devastated, the father paid tribute to his wife on the Facebook page of the school where she worked with these tender words:She loved the school, the staff, the children and the parents very much. She was so proud to have become principal. She often told me that she couldn’t imagine herself in another school. I remember last week she was telling me that her goal was to make this an amazing school and that she had the perfect staff to make it happen.” And to conclude: “I hope you all continue to learn like champions. Please learn from this and live your best life, with no regrets, take as many photos as you can, make memories and keep smiling, like Helen always did.”