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Born | Dundee, Scotland | July 19, 1911|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | January 8, 2008 Troon, Scotland | (aged 96)|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sarah Gillow Marshall "Cissie" Stewart (19 July 1911 – 8 January 2008), later known by her married name Sarah Hunt, was a Scottish swimmer who competed and won a silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Stewart was from Dundee, [1] the daughter of footballer William Stewart. [2] She was a member of the Dundee Belmont Swimming Club. [3] [4]
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Cissie Stewart won a silver medal in the Women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay event and was fourth in the Women's 400-metre freestyle event. Her Olympic teammates were Joyce Cooper, Ellen King, Jean McDowell, and Vera Tanner. [5] [6]
Stewart placed second in the 1929 national 440-yard freestyle championship, at Bristol. [7] She also competed for Scotland at the 1930 British Empire Games and the 1934 British Empire Games, and won a bronze medal in the 4×100-yard freestyle relay. [8] [9]
Stewart married a journalist, Bill Hunt, in Walkerville, Ontario in 1930; [10] she smuggled her wedding dress into her luggage for the Commonwealth Games in nearby Hamilton, and the couple eloped immediately after the event. [11] She moved to Glasgow as a newlywed. She died at a nursing home in Troon in 2008, aged 96 years. [3]
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Born | Dundee, Scotland | July 19, 1911|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | January 8, 2008 Troon, Scotland | (aged 96)|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sarah Gillow Marshall "Cissie" Stewart (19 July 1911 – 8 January 2008), later known by her married name Sarah Hunt, was a Scottish swimmer who competed and won a silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Stewart was from Dundee, [1] the daughter of footballer William Stewart. [2] She was a member of the Dundee Belmont Swimming Club. [3] [4]
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Cissie Stewart won a silver medal in the Women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay event and was fourth in the Women's 400-metre freestyle event. Her Olympic teammates were Joyce Cooper, Ellen King, Jean McDowell, and Vera Tanner. [5] [6]
Stewart placed second in the 1929 national 440-yard freestyle championship, at Bristol. [7] She also competed for Scotland at the 1930 British Empire Games and the 1934 British Empire Games, and won a bronze medal in the 4×100-yard freestyle relay. [8] [9]
Stewart married a journalist, Bill Hunt, in Walkerville, Ontario in 1930; [10] she smuggled her wedding dress into her luggage for the Commonwealth Games in nearby Hamilton, and the couple eloped immediately after the event. [11] She moved to Glasgow as a newlywed. She died at a nursing home in Troon in 2008, aged 96 years. [3]