Fiona Bryde Gore, Countess of Arran (née Colquhoun; 20 July 191816 May 2013) was a Scottish

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racer who was awarded the 1980

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. She held the record for the fastest woman on water.

World Record

In 1980 she became the fastest woman on water, reaching a speed of in a powerboat on Lake Windemere.

Marriage

Gore was born to Geraldine Bryde Tennant and her husband Iain Colquhoun, Baronet. By her marriage to

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, she was Countess of Arran. She had two sons, the oldest

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Powerboating background

Fiona Colquhoun was introduced to speedboats when she was a passenger in ''

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'' in its trial runs on

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References

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