Fiona Gore, Countess of Arran
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Fiona Bryde Gore, Countess of Arran (née Colquhoun; 20 July 1918 – 16 May 2013) was a Scottish powerboating racer who was awarded the 1980 Segrave Trophy.[1] She held the record for the fastest woman on water.
World Record
In 1980 she became the fastest woman on water, reaching a speed of 102 mph (164 km/h) in a powerboat on Lake Windemere.[2][3]
Marriage
Gore was born to Geraldine Bryde Tennant and her husband Iain Colquhoun, Baronet.[4][5] By her marriage to Arthur Gore, 8th Earl of Arran, she was Countess of Arran. She had two sons, the oldest Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran.[1]
Powerboating background
Fiona Colquhoun was introduced to speedboats when she was a passenger in Miss England III in its trial runs on Loch Lomond.[1]
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