Sarah 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 of Morton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom was inducted in 1994 as an Honour Swimmer 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
Open Water Swimming Career
- Sarah and her sister Carol 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 twins competed in the 1990 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli professional marathon swim in Italy.
- The twins completed the 1987 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean (9 hours 11 minutes).
- Sarah completed a crossing of Loch Lomond in 10 hours 55 minutes at the age of 25 in August 1987, 7 years after her first attempt ended in a DNF after 15 miles.
- Sarah completed a crossing of Loch Rannoch in August 1987
