Sandy Barwick
Sandra May Barwick, MBE (born 1949), is a New Zealand ultramarathon runner who set a new six-day track world record in Campbelltown, Australia, 18–24 November 1990. Covering 549 miles 110 yards in six days, Barwick set a record that still stands today.
In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Barwick was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to athletics.[1]
Career highlights
Sandy Barwick set these world records.
- Track: 6 day 883.631 km, Campbelltown, Australia, December 1990
- Road: 1000 km 7 days 1 hour 11 minutes
- 2000 km 17 days 3 hours 1 minute
- 1000 miles 12 days 14 hours 38 minutes 40 sec
- 1300 miles 17 days 22 hours 46 minutes 07 sec
- (All road records were set at the Sri Chinmoy 1300 mile multiday race in New York, 16 September - 3 October 1991.)
References
- ↑ London Gazette (supplement), No. 53697, 10 June 1994. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
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