Dianne Gerace
{{short description|Canadian pentathlete, high and long jumper (born 1943)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name =
|image = Dianne Gerace, Irina Press 1964.jpg
|image_size = 260px
|caption = Gerace behind Irina Press at the 1964 Olympics
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|10|26}}
|birth_place = Trail, British Columbia, Canada
|height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|sport = Athletics
|coach = Willi Krause
|event = high jump, pentathlon
|pb = 1.75 m (1964 HJ)
4716 (1964, pentathlon)
|club = Trail
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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalSilver|1963 São Paulo|High jump}}
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Dianne Roberta Gerace (born October 26, 1943) is a Canadian retired track athlete. She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the high jump and pentathlon and finished in 5th and 15th place, respectively. She won a silver medal in the high jump and finished sixth in the long jump at the 1963 Pan American Games.[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/dianne-gerace-1.html Dianne Gerace] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009015800/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/dianne-gerace-1.html |date=2010-10-09 }}. sports-reference.com She is of Italian and Scottish descent.{{Cite web |url=http://www.blackhollywoodlive.com/2014/12/04/rick-fox-interview-black-hollywood-lives-portraits/ |title=Rick Fox Interview - Black Hollywood Live's Portraits |access-date=2016-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091205/http://www.blackhollywoodlive.com/2014/12/04/rick-fox-interview-black-hollywood-lives-portraits/ |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}
Gerace is married to Ulrick Fox Sr. They have a son, the actor and NBA player Rick Fox,Curry Kirkpatrick: [https://www.si.com/vault/1991/04/01/123909/heel-feat-senior-rick-fox-starred-as-a-resurgent-north-carolina-outlasted-temple Heel Feat Senior Rick Fox starred, as a resurgent North Carolina outlasted Temple]. In: Sports Illustrated. April 1, 1991 and two daughters, model and actress Jeanene Fox and artist and art curator Sarah Fox.
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Canadian female high jumpers
Category:Canadian female long jumpers
Category:Canadian pentathletes
Category:Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Category:Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Sportspeople from Trail, British Columbia
Category:Track and field athletes from British Columbia
Category:Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent
Category:Canadian people of Scottish descent
Category:Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
Category:Canadian Track and Field Championships winners
Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen
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