Joan Beretta
Joan Beretta ( 1937 - 1965 ) was an Australian middle-distance and cross-country runner .
In 1962 she finished fifth over 880 yards at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth .
In 1961 and 1964 she was Australian cross-country champion and in 1962 English champion in mile running . She set her personal best over 800 m of 2: 09.4 minutes in 1963. She stayed over a mile on December 8, 1962 in Perth , when Marise Chamberlain set a world best time of 4: 41.4 minutes, with 4: 45.5 minutes half a second above the old record of Diane Leather .
Web links
- Athletics portrait at Athletics Australia
Footnotes
- ^ The Australian Women's Amateur Athletic Union: Almanac of Records and Results 1970 . P. 15
- ^ Athletics New Zealand: Almanac 2010 . P. 163
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| SURNAME | Beretta, Joan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian middle-distance and cross-country runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1937 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1965 |