Prince Nufer Dixon
Swimming
Inducted: 1998
- Native of Goldsboro, NC
- Backstroke specialist in 1930s and 1940s; also skilled in freestyle and breaststroke
- Began setting girls’ junior records in 1936
- Established world record in 50-meter backstroke in 1941
- Automobile accident in 1941 hurt career
- World War II canceled the Olympics in 1940 and 1944, the peak of her career.
- Broke many gender barriers; attended Woman’s College (now UNC Greensboro) and University of North Carolina
