Alyson Dixon (born 24 September in

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) is an English long-distance runner.

Athletic career

Dixon won the 2011 Brighton Marathon. She competed for

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, but did not finish due to an

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injury. She competed for Great Britain at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio de Janeiro, finishing 28th in the women's marathon. In September 2019 Dixon won the 50km world championship in Brasov,

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setting a world record time of 3:07:20. Her record stood until 2021, when it was broken by

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Personal life

Dixon is an ambassador for St Benedict's Hospice in Sunderland. She first joined an athletics club as a girl when a friend did and because she wanted to go to

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as the club was going there.

References

External links

Aly Dixon's "About Me" page
* * * * * * * 1978 births Living people English female marathon runners Commonwealth Games competitors for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games British female long-distance runners English female long-distance runners Sportspeople from Coventry Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Great Britain {{UK-athletics-bio-stub