Matthew Dixon (diver) explained

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.^[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 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]

2018–2019

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.^[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 Kyiv, 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]

At the 2019 European Diving Championships held in Kyiv, Dixon won a bronze in Men's 10m synchro with Williams.^[12]

Achievements

Competition	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
World Cup, 10m platform							9th			6th
World Cup, 10m synchro							6th
Commonwealth Games, 10m platform			9th				2nd				11th
Commonwealth Games, 10m synchro							2nd
European Aquatics Championships, 10m platform							6th
European Aquatics Championships, 10m synchro							2nd
European Aquatics Championships, 3m springboard													3rd
European Aquatics Championships, 1m springboard													6th
European Diving Championships, 10m platform				14th		6th		8th
European Diving Championships, 10m synchro						3rd		3rd				3rd
European Diving Championships, 3m springboard												6th
European Games, 10m platform				4th
World Junior Championships, 10m platform			8th		3rd		5th
World Junior Championships, 10m synchro							2nd
European Junior Championships, 10m platform			3rd		1st	1st
European Junior Championships, 10m synchro						2nd
European Junior Championships, 3m springboard			8th
European Junior Championships, 1m springboard			15th
British Championships, 10m platform		5th	1st	2nd	4th	2nd	1st	3rd	1st		3rd
British Championships, 10m synchro						2nd	2nd	1st			3rd
British Championships, 3m springboard		10th	9th
British National Cup, 10m platform	13th		5th		4th	3rd		2nd				4th
British National Cup, 10m synchro						1st
British National Cup, 3m springboard			8th
British National Cup, 1m springboard											3rd

References

References and notes

• A Preliminaries

Notes and References

1. Web site: British Gas Diving Championships 2013 . British Swimming . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116160933/http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/diving/british-diving-champs-2013/ . 16 January 2013.
2. http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/diving/british-diving-champs-2014/british-gas-diving-championships-2014/19420 British Gas Diving Championships 2014 | British Swimming
3. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Men's 10m Platform Final . results.glasgow2014.com.
4. Web site: Dixon and Williams Land Gatineau Gold . 10 April 2017.
5. Web site: Dixon and Williams land gold and silver to close 2017 European Juniors . 2 July 2017 . Swimming.org.
6. Web site: Williams and Dixon win European 10m Synchro bronze\zfsyr=15 June 2017 . Swimming.org.
7. Web site: Dixon soars to ten metre title . British Swimming.
8. Web site: Dixon and Williams land gold and silver to close 2017 European Juniors . 2 July 2017 . Swimming.org.
9. Web site: Commonwealth gold for daley and goodfellow . 13 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180413190039/https://www.britishswimming.org/news/gold-coast-2018/commonwealth-gold-daley-and-goodfellow/ . 13 April 2018 . Swimming.org.
10. News: Dixon and Williams claim world silver medal for Great Britain in Kiev . 28 July 2018 . Plymouth Sports Gazette.
11. News: European Championships 2018: Jack Laugher wins second diving gold in Glasgow . 9 August 2018 . BBC Sport.
12. Web site: Matthew Dixon and Noah Willams land ;unexpected' bronze for Great Britain . 9 August 2019 . Swimming.org.