Cissie Stewart

Cissie Stewart
Cissie Stewart at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born(1911-07-19)19 July 1911
Dundee, Scotland
Died8 January 2008(2008-01-08) (aged 96)
Troon, Scotland
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1928 Amsterdam 4×100 m freestyle
Representing  Scotland
British Empire Games
Bronze medal – third place 1930 Hamilton 400 yd freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1930 Hamilton 4×100 yd freestyle

Sarah Gillow Marshall "Cissie" Stewart (19 July 1911 – 8 January 2008), later known by her married name Sarah Hunt, was a Scottish swimmer who competed and won a silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Stewart was from Dundee,[1] the daughter of footballer William Stewart.[2] She was a member of the Dundee Belmont Swimming Club.[3][4]

Swimming career

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Cissie Stewart won a silver medal in the Women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay event and was fourth in the Women's 400-metre freestyle event. Her Olympic teammates were Joyce Cooper, Ellen King, Jean McDowell, and Vera Tanner.[5][6]

Stewart placed second in the 1929 national 440-yard freestyle championship, at Bristol.[7] She also competed for Scotland at the 1930 British Empire Games and the 1934 British Empire Games, and won a bronze medal in the 4×100-yard freestyle relay.[8][9]

Personal life

Stewart married a journalist, Bill Hunt, in Walkerville, Ontario in 1930;[10] she smuggled her wedding dress into her luggage for the Commonwealth Games in nearby Hamilton, and the couple eloped immediately after the event.[11] She moved to Glasgow as a newlywed. She died at a nursing home in Troon in 2008, aged 96 years.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Handley, L. de B. (31 December 1928). "Dundee Naiad Fine Prospect". The Boston Globe. p. 21. Retrieved 31 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Thomson, David (31 March 2006). "Olympic Swimmer (August 1928)". Bygone Dundee. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Sarah (Cissie) Gillow Marshall Stewart". The Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. ^ Brown, John (13 November 2017). "BLETHER WITH BROWN: Dundee's best swimmer revealed". Evening Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Sporting Witness: Lady Swimmers of the 1920s", BBC News (9 December 2011).
  6. ^ Williams, Jean (2020). Britain's Olympic Women: A History. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-16320-9.
  7. ^ "Dives and Splashes". The Boston Globe. 17 August 1929. p. 10. Retrieved 31 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Cissie Stewart". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Team Scotland's Medallists". Team Scotland. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Scottish Athletes en Route Home". Edmonton Journal. 30 August 1930. p. 8. Retrieved 31 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Strange Tales From The Commonwealth Games Scotland Archive". Sport Heritage. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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