Callum Dixon (rower)
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 January 2000[1][2] Tower Hamlets, London, England[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Men's double sculls, Men’s quadruple sculls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Twickenham Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Callum Dixon OLY (born 22 January 2000) is a British rower. He won a gold medal in the men's double sculls at the 2021 European Rowing Under-23s Championships and is currently competing for Great Britain in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]Born and raised in Tower Hamlets,[3] Dixon has severe dyslexia which means he can only read about 25 words.[4]
After a short stint in mainstream education, he was home-schooled alongside his three siblings and has no GCSE or A-Level qualifications, although, with help from his mother, he achieved a psychology degree from the Open University.[4]
From a young age he took part in a variety of sports including tennis, climbing and swimming but found his main passion was sailing.[3]
Dixon joined the British sailing team in 2016 competing in the Finn class and progressed through the age-group categories to compete on the World Cup circuit,[5] but when it was dropped from the Olympic programme he decided to change sports to pursue his ambition of being an Olympian.[3][4]
At the suggestion of Olympic sailing champion Giles Scott, whose brother Nick was British Rowing head of performance at the time, Dixon turned his hand to rowing.[3][4]
He made it onto the British rowing squad, winning a gold medal at the 2021 European Rowing Under-23s in Poland in the men's double sculls with Nathan Hull.[6][7]
Dixon made his Rowing World Cup debut in 2022[4] and was in the men's quadruple sculls boat which finished fourth at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Slovenia,[8] and the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Serbia[9][10] although the disappointment on missing out on a medal at the latter was tempered by the fact their performance was good enough to gain qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[11]
It was fourth again for Dixon and his men's quadruple sculls teammates at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in Hungary.[12]
In June 2024, Dixon was named in the Great Britain rowing team for that year's Summer Olympics in Paris as part of the men's quadruple sculls squad.[13][14][15] At the Games, the crew finished second in their heat to secure a place in the final[16][17] where they came fourth.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Profile of Callum Dixon". Team GB. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "Athlete Profile Callum Dixon". World Rowing. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ a b c d "Callum Dixon finds solace in sport amid dyslexia struggles". Ealing Times. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ a b c d e "World Rowing Championships: Callum Dixon on dyslexia". BBC Sport. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "Lost sailors. Lost talent. Unless…". finnclass.org. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "Aghalee man now eyeing spot at Olympics after clinching Euro rowing victory". newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "Callum wins Gold at European U23 Championships". Twickenham Rowing Club. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "European gold success for men's eight and lightweight women's doubles". British Rowing. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "Super Saturday for GB Rowing with seven medal haul". British Rowing. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "World Rowing Championships: Great Britain crews win five gold medals on day one of finals". BBC Sport. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "Super six stun as GB crews secure more Olympic qualification slots". British Rowing. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "Great Britain sit top of the medal table after first day of finals at the European Rowing Championships". British Rowing. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "Team GB rowing squad selected for Paris 2024". British Rowing. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "Twickenham's Callum Dixon selected for Paris Olympics". Twickenham Rowing Club. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "Double champion Glover set for fourth Olympics". BBC Sport. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "Team GB Rowing underway in Paris with two A Finals secured on day one of the Olympic Rowing Regatta". British Rowing. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Britons advance from men's and women's sculls heats". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Paris Olympic Games: Team GB fight back to secure stunning gold medal in women's quadruple sculls after photo finish". Eurosport. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
