Adam Graham Dixon (born 11 September 1986) is an English

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Beeston.

Club career

Dixon grew up in

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where he played for Newark Hockey Club and went to school at

Worksop College Worksop College (formerly St Cuthbert's College) is a British co-educational independent school for both day and boarding pupils aged 13 to 18, in Worksop. It sits at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire, England. Founded ...

. He plays club hockey in the

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Premier Division for Beeston. He has also played in Netherlands for

HC Rotterdam Hockey Club Rotterdam, commonly known as Rotterdam is a Dutch field hockey club based in Rotterdam, South Holland. It was founded on 16 September 1925. The first men's team competes on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, which is c ...

International career

Dixon made his full international debut in May 2009 and won his 200th cap for

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and GB on 21 August 2017 vs Germany. On 7 February 2019 it was announced that he had been appointed Captain of

and GB. He competed for

at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

where he won a bronze medal. In June 2016 he was selected for

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to compete at the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

. He was named the 2013 Player of the Year by the Hockey Writers' Club. Dixon announced his retirement from playing International hockey after the Olympic Games in Tokyo, 2020

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* * * 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Nottingham Male field hockey midfielders Male field hockey defenders British male field hockey players English male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Beeston Hockey Club players HC Rotterdam players Men's England Hockey League players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Expatriate field hockey players English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub