Matthew Dixon (diver)

Matthew Dixon
Personal information
Born (2000-04-19) 19 April 2000
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Residence Plymouth, United Kingdom
Sport
Country United Kingdom
Event(s) 10 m
Club Plymouth Diving Club
Medal record
European Junior Championships
2014 Bergamo Platform
British Gas Diving Championship
2014 Sheffield 10m platform

Matthew Dixon (born 19 April 2000) is an English diver who represents Plymouth Diving Club and specialises in the 10 metre platform event. He won the Gold medal at the 2014 British Diving Championship in the 10 m platform and finished 9th at the 2014 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.[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]

Achievements

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

References

Notes

Sources

  1. ↑ British Gas Diving Championships 2013 | Plymouth Life Centre | British Swimming
  2. ↑ British Gas Diving Championships 2014 | British Swimming
  3. ↑ Glasgow 2014 – Men's 10 m Platform Final
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