Carolyn Hunter-Rowe (born 25 January 1964) is a British

ultramarathon An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of . Various distances are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of to over . 50k and 100k are bot ...

runner. She was the 1996 winner of the

IAU 100 km European Championships The IAU 100 km European Championships is an annual, ultrarunning competition over 100 kilometres (60 miles) for European athletes. It is organised by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) and was first held in 1992 – five years aft ...

and won the

IAU 100 km World Championships The IAU 100 km World Championships have been held annually since 1987, at different locations, and is organized by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU). Due to lack of sponsorship, the 2013 event, planned for Jeju Island, South ...

in 1993 and 1998. Hunter-Rowe set seven

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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 The Two Oceans Marathon is a 56 km / 35-mile ultramarathon and 21 km half-marathon held annually in Cape Town, South Africa on the Saturday of the Easter weekend. Known globally as "the world's most beautiful marathon",Hamlett, Alison ...

, a 56 km race held in

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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

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* 1964 births Living people British ultramarathon runners Female ultramarathon runners British female long-distance runners English female long-distance runners 20th-century British women {{UK-athletics-bio-stub