Cissie Stewart
Scottish swimmer (1911-2008)
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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.
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Cissie Stewart at the 1928 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 July 1911 Dundee, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 January 2008 (aged 96) Troon, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dundee Belmont | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Swimming career
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]
Personal life
At the time of the 1930 Games she was living at 57 Budhope Street in Dundee and was a shop assistant by profession.[10]
Stewart married a journalist, Bill Hunt, in Walkerville, Ontario in 1930;[11] she smuggled her wedding dress into her luggage for the Commonwealth Games in nearby Hamilton, and the couple eloped immediately after the event.[12] She moved to Glasgow as a newlywed. She died at a nursing home in Troon in 2008, aged 96 years.[3]
