Claire Marie Huddart (born 22 December 1971) is an English former

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Swimming career

Huddart represented Great Britain at two consecutive

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, starting in

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. She won the 1998 ASA National Championship 200 metres freestyle title. She represented

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and won a gold medal in the freestyle relay event and a silver medal in the freestyle relay event, at the

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in Victoria,

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, Canada. Four years later she represented

again and won two silver medals in the relay events, at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

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, Malaysia.

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1971 births Living people English female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics English female freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Manchester Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{UK-swimming-bio-stub

Swimming career

See also

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