Matthew Lewis Dixon (born 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

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in the 10 m synchro platform with Noah Williams as well as two silvers at the

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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.

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. At the

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Matthew finished 9th in the 10 m platform.

2017

In 2017, Dixon partnered with Noah Williams in the men's synchronized 10 metre platform in the FINA Grand Prix event in held in

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, Canada, and won a gold medal. At the European Juniors in

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, 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. At the

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, Williams and Dixon won their first senior international title, gaining a bronze in the 10 metre platform synchro.

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'

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and London's Noah Williams. Dixon and Williams came 2nd in the 10m synchro. At the

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in Australia, Dixon and Williams scored 399.99 points, winning the silver medal behind fellow GB divers

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and

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. He also won a silver medal in the 10m individual event with a final score of 449.55, losing out to Australian diver

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, 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. At the

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, Dixon won a silver with Noah Williams in the Men's 10 m synchro platform. At the

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held in

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, Dixon won a bronze in Men's 10m synchro with Williams.

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