Caroline Foot
Personal information
Full nameCaroline Joy Foot
National teamGreat Britain
Born (1965-03-14) 14 March 1965
London, England
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubYork City Baths Club
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Great Britain
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Seville 4×100 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Edinburgh 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place1998 Kuala Lumpur 4×100 m medley

Caroline Joy Foot (born 14 March 1965) is an English former butterfly swimmer.

Early life

Foot attended Millfield School.[1]

Swimming career

Foot represented Great Britain at two Summer Olympics: 1988 and 1996. She represented England and won a silver medal in the 100 metres butterfly, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2] Four years later she represented England in the same event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[3] A third appearance resulted in 1998 when she participated in the 100 metres butterfly and the medley relay in which she won a bronze medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[4]

She was a four times winner of the ASA National British Championships 100 metres butterfly (1986, 1995, 1997 and 1998).[5][6][7][8] She also won the 50 metres butterfly title in 1997 and 2000.[9][10][11][12][13]

A member of swimming club, York City Baths Club, she is known for winning the bronze medal at the 1997 European Championships (LC) in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay, alongside Sarah Price, Jaime King, and Karen Pickering.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hall of Fame". Millfield School. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ↑ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ↑ ""Cowley ruled out of Games for England." Times, 31 May 1986, p. 38". Times Digital Archive.
  6. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 24 July 1995, p. 28". Times Digital Archive.
  7. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 21 July 1997, p. 40". Times Digital Archive.
  8. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 13 July 1998, p. 39". Times Digital Archive.
  9. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1997, p. 47". Times Digital Archive.
  10. ↑ ""For the record." Times, 31 July 2000, p. ^". Times Digital Archive.
  11. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 24 July 1995, p. 28". Times Digital Archive.
  12. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 21 July 1997, p. 40". Times Digital Archive.
  13. ↑ ""For the Record." Times, 13 July 1998, p. 39". Times Digital Archive.
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