Birth name Valerie Ailsa Morgan Sport Track and field Country New Zealand | Weight 68 kg (150 lb) Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Name Valerie Morgan | |
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Born 17 October 1943 (age 80) ( 1943-10-17 ) Event(s) 100 m, 200 m, long jump | ||
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Valerie Ailsa Dillimore (née Morgan, born 17 October 1943) is a former New Zealand athlete. A sprinter, she represented New Zealand as a 16-year-old at the 1960 Rome Olympics. In the 100 m she clocked 12.61 s in her heat and progressed to the quarterfinals, where she ran 12.66 s and did not progress further. She ran her 200 m heat in 25.39 s and was eliminated.
In 1960 she was the New Zealand 100 yards and 220 yards champion, and the following year was the national long jump champion with a leap of 5.79 m.
A former student of Waihi Central School, she officially opened the school's new hall in 2012.
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