Callum Dixon (rower)

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Callum Dixon
OLY
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 (age 24) [1] [2]
Tower Hamlets, London, England [1]
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Sport Rowing
Event(s)Men's double sculls, Men’s quadruple sculls
Club Twickenham Rowing Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Men's double sculls

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.

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Biography

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]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Athlete Profile Callum Dixon". World Rowing. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Callum Dixon finds solace in sport amid dyslexia struggles". Ealing Times. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "World Rowing Championships: Callum Dixon on dyslexia". BBC Sport. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  5. ↑ "Lost sailors. Lost talent. Unless…". finnclass.org. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  6. ↑ "Aghalee man now eyeing spot at Olympics after clinching Euro rowing victory". newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  7. ↑ "Callum wins Gold at European U23 Championships". Twickenham Rowing Club. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  8. ↑ "European gold success for men's eight and lightweight women's doubles". British Rowing. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  9. ↑ "Super Saturday for GB Rowing with seven medal haul". British Rowing. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  10. ↑ "World Rowing Championships: Great Britain crews win five gold medals on day one of finals". BBC Sport. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  11. ↑ "Super six stun as GB crews secure more Olympic qualification slots". British Rowing. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "Team GB rowing squad selected for Paris 2024". British Rowing. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  14. ↑ "Twickenham's Callum Dixon selected for Paris Olympics". Twickenham Rowing Club. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  15. ↑ "Double champion Glover set for fourth Olympics". BBC Sport. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
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