Marise Chamberlain

New Zealand middle-distance runner (1935–2024)

Marise Ann Millicent Chamberlain MNZM (5 December 1935 – 5 November 2024) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner. She set world records over 440 yards, 400 metres and 1 mile.[2]

Marise Chamberlain
MNZM
Chamberlain at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1935-12-05)5 December 1935
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died5 November 2024(2024-11-05) (aged 88)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)800 m
ClubCanterbury
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800 m – 2:01.4 (1962)[1]
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo 800 metres
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1962 Perth 880 yards

At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, she won a silver medal. Two years later, at the Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal.[3]

Chamberlain died in Christchurch, New Zealand on 5 November 2024, at the age of 88.[4]

References

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  1. Marise Chamberlain. sports-reference.com
  2. Smith, Tony. "Meet Marise Chamberlain, New Zealand's only female track Olympic medallist, 60 years on". The Press. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  3. "Marise Chamberlain | New Zealand Olympic Committee". olympic.org.nz. 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  4. Marise Chamberlain mourned: NZ's only female track Olympic Games medallist dies, aged 88