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from Rod Dixon Running. New Zealand athletic’s historian Peter Heidenstrom rates Rod Dixon the most versatile runner ever produced by New Zealand. He has also been voted the most versatile athlete of the past quarter century by the definitive international athletics publication Runner’s World magazine. In his book “Athletics
of the Century” Heidenstrom says Dixon had so much ability
at so many distances that he sometimes suffered from boredom and
sought new challenges. Since leaving national athletics, he has enjoyed success at world masters level, winning world middle and long distance titles. Inducted Rod Dixon was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 and it is impossible to quibble with that selection. |
Versatility
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best 800m time of lmin 47.6s placed him fourth on the all-time New
Zealand list when he ran it in 1973, and even now it leaves him
ensconced in the top 10. Virtually all his best times would win New Zealand titles now, 30 years later. Achievements Dixon's list of achievements are formidable, Among them
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