Matthew Dixon (diver)

Matthew Dixon (born 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.

Matthew Dixon
Matthew Dixon at the 22nd FINA World Junior Diving Championships in Kyiv
Personal information
Born (2000-04-19) 19 April 2000
Plymouth, United Kingdom
ResidencePlymouth, United Kingdom
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
SportDiving
Event(s)10 m
ClubPlymouth Diving Club
Coached byAlex Rochas
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
2018 Glasgow10m synchro
European Diving Championships
2017 Kiev10m synchro
European Junior Championships
2014 BergamoPlatform
2017 Bergen10m synchro
2017 Bergen10m platform
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast10m platform
2018 Gold Coast10m synchro

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.[1]

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.[2] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games Matthew finished 9th in the 10 m platform.[3]

2017

In 2017, Dixon partnered with Noah Williams in the men's synchronized 10 metre platform in the FINA Grand Prix event in held in Gatineau, Canada, and won a gold medal.[4] 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.[5]

At the 2017 European Diving Championships, Williams and Dixon won their first senior international title, gaining a bronze in the 10 metre platform synchro.[6]

2018

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.[7] Dixon and Williams came 2nd in the 10m synchro.[8]

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.[9] 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 Kiev, Dixon and Williams won the silver medal in the 10 metre platform synchro.[10]

At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow/Edinburgh, Dixon won a silver with Noah Williams in the Men's 10 m synchro platform.[11]

Achievements
Competition 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Commonwealth Games, 10m platform 9th 2nd
Commonwealth Games, 10m synchro 2nd
European Championships, 10m platform 14th
European Junior Championships, 10m platform 3rd 1st
European Junior Championships, 10m synchro 2nd
European Junior Championships, 3m springboard 8th
European Junior Championships, 1 m springboard 15th
British Diving Championship, 10m platform 5th[A] 1st 1st
British Diving Championship, 10m synchro 2nd
British Diving Championship, 3 m springboard 10th
British National Cup, 10 m platform 12th
British National Cup, 3 m springboard

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.
  • A ^ Preliminaries
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