Helena Martha Brunner, OAM,[1] (born 1957 or 1958[citation needed]) is an Australian swimmer, who won seven medals at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Games.

As a teenager, Brunner represented her state of New South Wales in national able-bodied swimming competitions, but she quit swimming at the age of seventeen; she was then briefly interested in water polo.

[2] In 1978 at the age of 20, she had a severe motorcycle accident while delivering mail for Australia Post; as a result, her right leg was amputated below the knee two years later.

[2] In 1985, Brunner received a Medal of the Order of Australia "in recognition of service to the sport of swimming".

[1] She presented the floral tributes to medallists in the amputee swimming events at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.