# Matthew Dixon (diver)

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**Matthew Lewis Dixon** (born 19 April 2000) is an English [diver](/source/Diving_(sport)) who represents Great Britain and specialises in the 10 metre platform event. He won a silver medal at the [European Championships](/source/European_Championships_(multi-sport_event)) in the 10 m synchro platform with [Noah Williams](/source/Noah_Williams_(diver)) as well as two silvers at the [Commonwealth Games](/source/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](/source/2014_Commonwealth_Games) Matthew finished 9th in the 10 m platform.[3]

### 2017

In 2017, Dixon partnered with [Noah Williams](/source/Noah_Williams_(diver)) in the men's synchronized 10 metre platform in the FINA Grand Prix event held in [Gatineau](/source/Gatineau), Canada, and won a gold medal.[4] At the European Juniors in [Bergen](/source/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](/source/2017_European_Diving_Championships), Williams and Dixon won their first senior international title, gaining a bronze in the [10 metre platform synchro](/source/2017_European_Diving_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_synchronized_10_metre_platform).[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](/source/Matty_Lee) and London's [Noah Williams](/source/Noah_Williams_(diver)).[7] Dixon and Williams came 2nd in the 10m synchro.[8]

At the [2018 Commonwealth Games](/source/2018_Commonwealth_Games) in Australia, Dixon and Williams scored 399.99 points, winning the silver medal behind fellow GB divers [Tom Daley](/source/Tom_Daley) and [Daniel Goodfellow](/source/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](/source/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](/source/2018_European_Aquatics_Championships) in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow)/[Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), Dixon won a silver with Noah Williams in the [Men's 10 m synchro platform](/source/Diving_at_the_2018_European_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_10_m_synchro_platform).[11]

At the [2019 European Diving Championships](/source/2019_European_Diving_Championships) held in [Kyiv](/source/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

1. ["British Gas Diving Championships 2013"](http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/diving/british-diving-champs-2013/). *British Swimming*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130116160933/http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/diving/british-diving-champs-2013/) 16 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine.

1. [British Gas Diving Championships 2014 | British Swimming](http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/diving/british-diving-champs-2014/british-gas-diving-championships-2014/19420) [Archived](https://archive.today/20140806100610/http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/diving/british-diving-champs-2014/british-gas-diving-championships-2014/19420) 6 August 2014 at archive.today

1. ["Glasgow 2014 - Men's 10m Platform Final"](https://archive.today/20140806100559/http://results.glasgow2014.com/event/diving/dvm002101/mens_10m_platform_final.html). *results.glasgow2014.com*. Archived from [the original](http://results.glasgow2014.com/event/diving/dvm002101/mens_10m_platform_final.html) on 6 August 2014.

1. ["Dixon and Williams Land Gatineau Gold"](https://www.britishswimming.org/news/diving-news/dixon-and-williams-land-gatineau-gold/). 10 April 2017.

1. ["Dixon and Williams land gold and silver to close 2017 European Juniors"](http://www.swimming.org/diving/dixon-williams-seal-gold-sivler-2017-european-juniors/). *Swimming.org*. 2 July 2017.

1. ["Williams and Dixon win European 10m Synchro bronze\zfsyr=15 June 2017"](http://www.swimming.org/diving/williams-dixon-win-european-10m-synchro-bronze/). *Swimming.org*. 15 June 2017.

1. ["Dixon soars to ten metre title"](https://www.britishswimming.org/news/diving-news/dixon-soars-ten-meter-title/). *British Swimming*

1. ["Dixon and Williams land gold and silver to close 2017 European Juniors"](http://www.swimming.org/diving/dixon-williams-seal-gold-sivler-2017-european-juniors/). *Swimming.org*. 2 July 2017.

1. ["Commonwealth gold for daley and goodfellow"](https://www.britishswimming.org/news/gold-coast-2018/commonwealth-gold-daley-and-goodfellow/). *Swimming.org*. 13 April 2018. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180413190039/https://www.britishswimming.org/news/gold-coast-2018/commonwealth-gold-daley-and-goodfellow/) 13 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Dixon and Williams claim world silver medal for Great Britain in Kiev"](https://plymouthsportsgazette.com/2018/07/28/dixon-and-williams-claim-world-silver-medal-in-kiev/). *Plymouth Sports Gazette*. 28 July 2018.

1. ["European Championships 2018: Jack Laugher wins second diving gold in Glasgow"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/diving/45133647). *BBC Sport*. 9 August 2018.

1. ["Matthew Dixon and Noah Willams land; unexpected' bronze for Great Britain"](https://www.swimming.org/diving/dixon-williams-bag-bronze/). *Swimming.org*. 9 August 2019.

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## External links

- [Matthew Dixon (diver)](https://twitter.com/mattdixon2000) on Twitter
- [Style '20 Happy 2020 PROJECT](http://style20.jp/athlete01/index.html) - [NTT docomo](/source/NTT_docomo) (in Japanese)
- [Style '20 マシュー選手 紹介ムービー](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNFHA9Vsuqw) - [YouTube](/source/YouTube) (in Japanese)

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