Diane Rena Foote (also Dianne, now Moreland, born 1 September 1954) is a New Zealand Olympic gymnast.
Foote was born in 1954 in
Dunedin, New Zealand.
She is a descendant of Harry Arthur Foote, who founded the Dunedin freight company H A Foote Haulage Limited in 1918. She owns 14% of the company shares.
Foote represented her country at the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in
Munich, Germany, in gymnastics. In the
vault, she came 69th. In the
floor exercise, she was 99th. On the
uneven bars, she came 113th. On the
balance beam, she was 94th. In the
Women's individual all-around preliminary round, she was ranked 104th of 118 competitors. Only the top-placed 36 competitors made it into the final round.
She is listed as New Zealand Olympic competitor number 275. When
Barry Maister as head of the
New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) had the project of honouring the country's Olympic competitors, Foote and fellow 1972 gymnast
Terry Sale were among the 21 individuals that the NZOC had lost contact with.
Foote took on the surname Moreland when she married, and she now lives in the
Tauranga suburb of
Papamoa Beach
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References
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Living people
1954 births
Sportspeople from Dunedin
Olympic gymnasts for New Zealand
Gymnasts at the 1972 Summer Olympics