Holly Dixon

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Holly Dixon
Personal information
Born (1997-12-23) 23 December 1997 (age 27)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s)
Middle-distance running, Cross country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 2:05.54 (2025)
1500m: 4:10.56 (2025)
Mile: 4:40.05 (2025)
3000m: 9:15.20 (2024)
5000m: 15:41.85 (2025)

Holly Dixon (born 23 December 1997) is a British middle-distance and cross country runner. [1]

Career

A member of the Cambridge Harriers, she set a course record to win the Folkestone Coastal 10k race in Kent in 2020. [2] In October 2021, she set a course record to win the Worthing 10k in Sussex. [3]

In September 2024, she was runner-up to Niamh Brown in the English National Cross Country Championships race in Telford. [4] She finished runner-up in the short course race at the Liverpool Cross Challenge in November 2024. [5]

In December 2024, she was the top female finisher in the Mizuno Mile at the Battersea New Years Eve 5k in London. [6] In January 2025, she finished in sixth place at the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza in Elgoibar, Spain. [7]

She qualified for the final of the 1500 metres at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, placing sixth overall. [8] She competed for England at the Loughborough International in May 2025. [9] [10] That month, she ran a personal best for the mile run of 4:40.05 to win the Bannister Mile in Oxford. [11] She ran a 4:12.36 personal best for the 1500 metres at the British Milers Grand Prix in June 2025, finishing runner-up to Emily Parker. [12] On 2 August, she qualified for the final of the 1500 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, placing eighth overall. [13] Later that month, she won the women’s 1500m A race at the BMC Trafford Grand Prix in a new personal best of 4:10.56. [14]

In September 2025, Dixon won the Westminster Mile in London in 4:30. [15] Dixon won the women's mile at the Cardiff Cross Challenge on 8 November 2025, finishing ahead of Ava Lloyd to gain automatic selection for the British team for the mixed relay at the European Cross Country Championships in December 2025 in Portugal. [16]

References

  1. "Holly Dixon". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. "New course records set at the Folkestone Coastal 10K by Invicta East Kent's Charlie Brisley and Cambridge Harriers' Holly Dixon". Kent Online. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. Bone, Steve (12 Oct 2021). "McNally and Dixon set Worthing 10k course records - picture gallery". Sussex Express. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  4. Duff, Martin (Sep 16, 2024). "Niamh Brown and Hugo Milner win English National titles". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  5. "EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS SPOTS BOOKED AT UKA CROSS CHALLENGE IN LIVERPOOL". British Athletics. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  6. Adams, Tim (Jan 1, 2025). "Tomer Tarragano beats Tom Keen in enthralling finish at Battersea". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  7. "Chebet and Aregawi confirm supremacy in Elgoibar". World Athletics. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  8. "UK Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  9. "Kickstarting the season at Loughborough International". England Athletics. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  10. "MOLLY PALMER IMPRESSES IN LOUGHBOROUGH LONG JUMP AS JAZ SAWYERS RETURNS". Athletics Weekly. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  11. Collett, Jasmine (7 May 2025). "JOE WIGFIELD AND HOLLY DIXON CLAIM WINS AT BANNISTER MILES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  12. "British Milers Club Grand Prix". World Athletics. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  13. "UK Championship". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  14. Collett, Jasmine (11 August 2025). "CAMERON BOYEK AND HOLLY DIXON AMONG ATHLETES TO IMPRESS AT TRAFFORD BMC". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  15. Henderson, Jason (27 Sep 2025). "SUB-FOUR FOR JOE WIGFIELD AT THE VITALITY WESTMINSTER MILE". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  16. "DIXON AND HIGGINS WIN SHORT COURSE RACES AS CARDIFF CROSS CHALLENGE BEGINS". British Athletics. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.