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Wikipedia / Sandy Barwick

Sandra May Barwick (born 1949) is a New Zealand ultramarathon runner who set a new six-day track world record in Campbelltown, Australia, 1824 November 1990. Covering 549 miles 110 yards in six days, Barwick set a record that was not broken until Camille Herron covered 560.330 miles in March 2024.

In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Barwick was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to athletics.

Career highlights

Sandy Barwick set these world records.

  • Track: 6 day 883.631km, Campbelltown, Australia, December 1990

  • Road: 1000km 7 days 16 hour 11 minutes

  • 2000km 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.)

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