Helen Littleworth (born 23 April 1966) is a former New Zealand hockey and rugby union player. She captained New Zealand at the 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup.^[1][2]

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Helen Littleworth

Date of birth	(1966-04-23) April 23, 1966 (age 58)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Rugby union career
International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1990–1996  New Zealand 20 (30)

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Littleworth attended Wairarapa College. Before playing for the Black Ferns, she represented New Zealand in hockey from 1986 to 1988. She has a Diploma in Physiotherapy, a Post Graduate Diploma in Manipulative Physiotherapy and a Masters in Manipulative Physiotherapy from the University of Otago. She also has a coaching Diploma at Massey University.^[3]

In 1995, Littleworth was named University of Otago's Sportsperson of the Year. She is also the former coach of the University Women and Otago Spirit in the Farah Palmer Cup.^[3]

She has been the physiotherapist for the following teams:^[3][4][2]

• White Ferns
• Black Ferns (1998–2002)
• High Performance New Zealand
• New Zealand Para-athletics Olympics team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
• Athletics New Zealand (2006–2012)
• New Zealand Olympics Team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
• Team physiotherapist for the Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010)