medaltemplates article_title name birth_date
women 's athletics dixie willis
 dixie willis 13 december 1941
dixie willis

dixie isabel willis '' -lrb- later booth , then ingram -rrb- '' -lrb- born 13 december 1941 in fremantle , western australia -rrb- 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 -lrb- 2:01.2 -rrb- and 880 yards -lrb- 2:02.0 -rrb- in narrowly beating marise chamberlain -lrb- 2:01.4 and 2:02.3 -rrb- who also beat the previous world records .
