Carolyn Hunter-Rowe (born 25 January 1964) is a British
ultramarathon
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runner. She was the 1996 winner of the
IAU 100 km European Championships and won the
IAU 100 km World Championships in 1993 and 1998.
Hunter-Rowe set seven
British records in athletics between 1993 and 1994. Four of those records were set at the
Barry 40 mile track race. In 1993 Hunter -Rowe won the London to Brighton setting the women's course record of 6:34:10.
The history of the London to Brighton Race
Ultramarathon World,David Blaikie 1998 In 1994 Hunter-Rowe won the prestigious Two Oceans Marathon, a 56 km race held in Cape Town
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, South Africa. In 2002 she won the Dartmoor Discovery - a 52 km road race which starts and finishes in Princetown.
Records
* 40 m 4:26:43 1993 Barry, Wales
Women's road 100 km record 7:27:19 , Belgium 1993
* 20 km 1:15:46.00 1994 Barry, Wales
* 25 km 1:35:15.5 1994 Barry, Wales
* 30 km 1:55:02.3 1994 Barry, Wales
* 50 km 3:18:52 1994 Barry, Wales
References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
British ultramarathon runners
Female ultramarathon runners
English female long-distance runners
British female long-distance runners
20th-century British sportswomen
20th-century English sportswomen
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