Hilary Lister, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHilary Lister
British sailor
Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1972
Date of Death: 19-Aug-2018
Profession: sailor
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Hilary Lister
- Hilary Claire Lister (3 March 1972 – 18 August 2018) was an English record-breaking quadriplegic sailor.
- She suffered from the progressive condition reflex sympathetic dystrophy and controlled her ship by using sip-and-puff technology for steering and sails.Lister was born in Hook in Hampshire, as the third of four children born to biochemist mother Pauline and vicar father Colin.
- Lister was able-bodied until the age of 15.
- She studied biochemistry at Jesus College, Oxford, between 1991 and 1995, having lost the use of her legs by then.
- She started a PhD at the University of Kent in 1996 but her condition deteriorated.
- She lost the use of her arms in 1999 and was unable to finish her doctorate, but was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university.
- She was introduced to sailing in 2003, which she commented gave her back her sense of freedom and "quite literally" saved her life.
- Lister married music teacher Clifford in 1999, though they later separated.On 23 August 2005, Lister was the first quadriplegic to sail solo across the English Channel (in 6 hours and 13 minutes).
- On 24 July 2007, she became the first female quadriplegic to sail solo around the Isle of Wight (in 11 hours 4 minutes).
- She won the Sunday Times Helen Rollason Award for Inspiration in 2005.
- She set off to sail solo around Great Britain on 16 June 2008.
- Bad weather and technical problems forced her to suspend the attempt on 13 August 2008.On 21 May 2009, Hilary Lister resumed her attempt from Plymouth.
- By 14 August she had reached Bridlington, Yorkshire on the east coast.
- She reached the end of her journey, Dover in Kent, on the evening of 31 August 2009, becoming the first disabled woman to sail solo around Britain.
- Lister had to be resuscitated six times during her circumnavigation of Britain.On 8 January 2010, at the Tullett Prebon London International Boat Show, Lister announced her intention to compete in the 2011 Fastnet Race in a Class 40 boat.
- In April 2010, Hilary sailed around the Kingdom of Bahrain in support of Bahrain Mobility International. Lister died on 18 August 2018.
- She was 46.
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