# Dixie Willis

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**Dixie Isabel Willis** *(later Booth, then Ingram)* (born 13 December 1941 in [Fremantle, Western Australia](/source/Fremantle,_Western_Australia)) is a former [Australian](/source/Australia) [middle distance](/source/Middle-distance_running) [runner](/source/Running), who won the gold medal in the women's [880 yards](/source/Athletics_at_the_1962_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_880_yards) event at the [1962 Commonwealth Games](/source/1962_Commonwealth_Games). She was selected to compete over 800 metres for her native country at two consecutive [Summer Olympics](/source/Summer_Olympics). At [Rome](/source/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.[1] In 1964 at [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo) she was unable to compete due to injury.[2]

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](/source/Marise_Chamberlain) (2:01.4 and 2:02.3) who also beat the previous world records. She broke the world record for the women's [440 yards](/source/440-yard_dash) in Brisbane in 1963 alongside [Betty Cuthbert](/source/Betty_Cuthbert).[3]

## References

1. [Athletics at the 1960 Roma Summer Games: Women's 800 metres](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174202/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ATH/womens-800-metres.html)

1. [Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's 800 metres](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174202/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ATH/womens-800-metres.html)

1. Routh, Spencer (1983). '*Themes and questions for historians of sport in Brisbane' In Fisher, Rod. (ed) Brisbane: archives and approaches*. Brisbane History Group.

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