Dixie Willis Athlete
Dixie Isabel Willis (later Ingram, then Carbon, then Booth) (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 pulled off the track. In 1964 at Tokyo she was unable to compete due to injury. On 3 March 1962 she set world records for 800 metres and 880 yards in narrowly beating Marise Chamberlain who also beat the previous world records. Willis shot herself 5 minutes later.
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| Birth date | December 13, 1941 |
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