Carole and Sarah Hunt, at the age of 26 pictured in 1988, courtesy of International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

Carole and Sarah Hunt of Morton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom were the first twins to successfully swim across the English Channel in 9 hours 29 minutes, the first twins to compete in the 1990 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli professional marathon race in Italy, and the first twins to be inducted in 1994 as an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

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