Dixie Willis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Australian middle-distance runner and sprinter
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Place of Birth: Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
About Dixie Willis
- Dixie Isabel Willis (later Booth, then Ingram) (born 13 December 1941 in Fremantle, Western Australia) is a former Australian middle distance runner, who won the gold medal in the women's 880 yards event at the 1962 Commonwealth Games.
- She was selected to compete over 800 metres for her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics.
- At Rome in 1960 she was leading the final with 70 metres remaining when she fell off the track.
- She then regained the track to finish last.
- In 1964 at Tokyo she was unable to compete due to injury.On 3 March 1962 she set world records for 800 metres (2:01.2) and 880 yards (2:02.0) in narrowly beating Marise Chamberlain (2:01.4 and 2:02.3) who also beat the previous world records.
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See Also
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