Caroline Foot | |
Fullname: | Caroline Joy Foot |
National Team: | Great Britain |
Strokes: | Butterfly |
Club: | York City Baths Club |
Birth Date: | 14 March 1965 |
Birth Place: | London, England |
Height: | 1.68m (05.51feet) |
Weight: | 63kg (139lb) |
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Caroline Joy Foot (born 14 March 1965) is an English former butterfly swimmer.
Foot attended Millfield School.[1]
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.