Diane Dixon
Diane Lynn Dixon ( born September 23, 1964 in Brooklyn ) is a former American track and field athlete. The 1.65 m wide and in their competition time 57 kg heavy Dixon won the 400 - meter dash and the 4x400 - meter relay medals at Olympics and World Championships.
Career
In 1981, she won her first indoor title over 400 meters at the U.S. Championships. From 1983 to 1992 ten more titles to follow. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles Dixon was used in the relay - forward, which the U.S. team won safely. In the final, Valerie Brisco - Hooks ran on its position, the U.S. relay team won gold; Diane Dixon was also honored for their efforts in the run with a gold medal. The World Indoor Games in 1985 in Paris-Bercy were the first global Indoor Championships. Diane Dixon won on the 400 - meter track unchallenged in 53.35 seconds and won the only gold medal for the USA at the World Indoor games. 1986 Dixon won the Indoor Grand Prix IAAF.
At the 1987 World Championships in Rome Dixon was seventh place over 400 meters in 51.13 seconds. The U.S. squadron in the occupation Dixon, Denean Howard, Valerie Brisco and Lillie Leatherwood won the bronze medal behind the squadrons from the GDR and the USSR. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics Dixon was in 50.78 seconds in five. The season finale was the fastest relay race of all time, the USSR won in 2007 and still existing world record time of 3:15,17 minutes. The U.S. squadron with Denean Howard, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco and Florence Griffith Joyner ran with 3:15,51 minutes the second fastest time ever.
In the final of the World Indoor Championships in 1989 in Budapest Dixon lost in 51.77 seconds surprising against the German Helga Arendt. Two years later at the World Indoor Championships in 1991 in Sevilla won Dixon with U.S. American indoor record of 50.64 minutes before starting for Spain Sandra Myers. Six years after her victory at the world indoor games Dixon was also the first American woman who won an official World Indoor Championship title. In Seville, the 4x400 - meter relay team was first held at World Indoor Championships. It won the German squadron of the Soviet Union, the Americans only got the bronze medal, although Dixon on the anchor leg in 50.2 seconds stopped flying ran the fastest time of all runners. From 1986 Dixon won for the second time the indoor Grand Prix. Outdoors at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo Dixon finished eighth in 51.73 seconds. The relay race won the runners from the USSR, the U.S. Season erlief silver in the cast Rochelle Stevens, Diane Dixon, Jearl Miles and Lillie Leatherwood.