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Matthew Dixon

Dixon at the 22nd FINA World Junior Diving Championships in Kyiv
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Lewis Dixon
Born	(2000-04-19) 19 April 2000 (age 24) Plymouth, United Kingdom
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Diving
Event	10 m
Club	Dive London Aquatics
Coached by	Alex Rochas
Medal record Representing  Great Britain European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 10 m synchro European Championships 2018 Glasgow 10 m synchro 2024 Belgrade 3 m springboard European Diving Championships 2017 Kyiv 10 m synchro 2019 Kyiv 10 m synchro 2023 Rzeszów 10 m synchro World Junior Championships 2016 Kazan 10 m platform 2018 Kyiv 10 m synchro European Junior Championships 2014 Bergamo 10 m platform 2016 Rijeka 10 m platform 2017 Bergen 10 m platform 2017 Bergen 10 m synchro Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 10 m platform 2018 Gold Coast 10 m synchro

Matthew Lewis Dixon (born on 19 April 2000) is an English diver who represents Great Britain and specialises in the 10 metre platform event. He won a silver medal at the European Championships in the 10 m synchro platform with Noah Williams as well as two silvers at the Commonwealth Games.

Career

2012–13

At the 2012 British National Cup Matthew finished 12th in the 10 m platform. At the 2013 British Diving Championship he finished 10th in the 3 m springboard and 5th in the 10 m Platform preliminaries.

2014: Commonwealth Games

At the 2014 European Junior Championships he finished 15th in the 1 m Springboard, 8th in the 3 m Springboard and won Bronze on the platform. At the 2014 British National Cup he finished 8th in the 3 m springboard and 5th in the 10 m platform. At the 2014 British Diving Championship he won Gold in the 10 m platform. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games Matthew finished 9th in the 10 m platform.

2017

In 2017, Dixon partnered with Noah Williams in the men's synchronized 10 metre platform in the FINA Grand Prix event held in Gatineau, Canada, and won a gold medal. At the European Juniors in Bergen, Norway, the duo also won a silver in the 10 metre platform synchro. Dixon also won a gold in the group A platform, beating his diving partner Williams.

At the 2017 European Diving Championships, Williams and Dixon won their first senior international title, gaining a bronze in the 10 metre platform synchro.

2018–2019

At the 2018 British Diving Championships, Dixon reclaimed his 10m platform title, scoring 437.10 in the prelims and a new personal best of 494.30 in the final, beating Leeds' Matty Lee and London's Noah Williams. Dixon and Williams came 2nd in the 10m synchro.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, Dixon and Williams scored 399.99 points, winning the silver medal behind fellow GB divers Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow. He also won a silver medal in the 10m individual event with a final score of 449.55, losing out to Australian diver Domonic Bedggood, who came first with a score of 451.15.

At the World Junior Diving Championships in Kyiv, Dixon and Williams won the silver medal in the 10 metre platform synchro.

At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow/Edinburgh, Dixon won a silver with Noah Williams in the Men's 10 m synchro platform.

At the 2019 European Diving Championships held in Kyiv, Dixon won a bronze in Men's 10m synchro with Williams.

Achievements

References

References and notes

1. "British Gas Diving Championships 2013". British Swimming. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013.
2. British Gas Diving Championships 2014 | British Swimming Archived 6 August 2014 at archive.today
3. "Glasgow 2014 - Men's 10m Platform Final". results.glasgow2014.com.
4. "Dixon and Williams Land Gatineau Gold". 10 April 2017.
5. "Dixon and Williams land gold and silver to close 2017 European Juniors". Swimming.org. 2 July 2017.
6. "Williams and Dixon win European 10m Synchro bronze\zfsyr=15 June 2017". Swimming.org.
7. "Dixon soars to ten metre title". British Swimming.
8. "Dixon and Williams land gold and silver to close 2017 European Juniors". Swimming.org. 2 July 2017.
9. "Commonwealth gold for daley and goodfellow". Swimming.org. 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018.
10. "Dixon and Williams claim world silver medal for Great Britain in Kiev". Plymouth Sports Gazette. 28 July 2018.
11. "European Championships 2018: Jack Laugher wins second diving gold in Glasgow". BBC Sport. 9 August 2018.
12. "Matthew Dixon and Noah Willams land ;unexpected' bronze for Great Britain". Swimming.org. 9 August 2019.

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• Matthew Dixon at World Aquatics
• Matthew Dixon at British Swimming
• Matthew Dixon at Team GB (archived)
• Matthew Dixon at Team England
• Matthew Dixon at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Matthew Dixon at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Matthew Dixon at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Matthew Dixon on Twitter
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