Carole Hunt
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Carole Hunt (left) and Sarah Hunt (right), 26-year-old twin sisters and Honour Swimmers in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
Sarah Hunt (left) and Carole Hunt (right), twin sisters and Honour Swimmers in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
Carole Hunt of Rykneld SC, Derbyshire, winner of the 1986 Galway Bay Swim, on left with Claire Mulholland of Galway Swim Club on right celebrating Hunt’s 24th birthday
Carole Hunt of Morton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom was inducted in 1994 as an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- Carole and her sister Sarah Hunt became the first twins to successfully swim across the English Channel on 6 August 1988 in 9 hours 29 minutes at the age of 26.
- The twin sisters also competed in the 1990 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy.
- The twins competed in the 1987 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean finishing in 9 hours 5 minutes.
- Carole won the 1986 7.5 mile Galway Bay Swim in 2 hours and 41 minutes.
- She competed in the 1991 FINA World Championship 25 km race.
1991 FINA World Championship 25 km Race Results
Held in Swan River in Perth, Australia
1 Shelley Taylor-Smith 5:21:06
2 Martha Jahn 5:25:17
3 Karen Burton Reeder 5:28:23
4 Rita Kovacs 5:31:33
5 Elana Resch 5:39:47
6 Tammy Van Wisse 5:42:53
7 Corinne Liedtke 5:48:58
8 Lenka Pacáková 5:57:35
9 Rita Lazar 6:00:22
10 Jolanda Palmentieri 6:21:17
11 Bridget Young 6:25:03
12 Anita Sood 6:26:56
13 Diana Simonović 6:28:21
14 Christiane Fanzeres 6:28:44
15 Carole Hunt 6:31:20
16 Marcia Marques 6:36:10
17 Katarina Mioč 6:40:15
18 Muna Towe 6:46:09
19 Daria Amaged 7:23:02
