Walter Dix
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Walter Dix
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Walter Dix is a retired American sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the sixth-fastest 200-meter runner ever with a best of 19.53 seconds, and has broken the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters, with a best of 9.88 (9.80w) seconds. He was the only track athlete from USA to win 2 individual Olympic medals in Beijing. Dix was a highly successful amateur athlete, setting a state record in the 100 m and trying out for the US Olympic Team at the age of eighteen. He joined
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American sprinter
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Dix
date created:
2007-05-28T18:03:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T22:04:40Z
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