Marise Chamberlain

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Olympic medal record
Women's athletics
Bronze	Tokyo 1964	800 metres

Marise Chamberlain (born December 5, 1935 in Christchurch) is a former New Zealand middle distance runner. She became New Zealand's first female Olympic medalist in 40 years, and set world records over 440 and 880 yards as well as 1 mile.

At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia she won a silver medal over 880 yards, behind Australian Dixie Willis. Two years later, at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, she won the bronze medal behind Ann Packer (gold) and Maryvonne Dupureur (silver), the top five runners beating the old Olympic record time set by Dupureur in the semifinals.

At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica Chamberlain stumbled before the goal line and missed a medal.