Adam Dixon (field hockey)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adam Graham Dixon | ||
| Born |
11 September 1986 Nottingham, England | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2002–2016 | Beeston | ||
| 2016–2017 | Rotterdam | ||
| 2017–present | Beeston | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2021 | England & GB | 290 | (22) |
| Last updated on: 6 August 2021 | |||
Adam Graham Dixon (born 11 September 1986) is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Beeston.
Club career
[edit]Dixon grew up in Pitstone where he played for Pitstone Hockey Club and went to school at Worksop College.
He plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Beeston. He has also played in Netherlands for HC Rotterdam.[1]
International career
[edit]Dixon made his full international debut in May 2009 and won his 200th cap for England and GB on 21 August 2017 vs Germany.[2] On 7 February 2019 it was announced that he had been appointed Captain of England and GB.[3] He competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal. In June 2016 he was selected for Great Britain to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games. He was named the 2013 Player of the Year by the Hockey Writers' Club.[4] Dixon announced his retirement from playing International hockey after the Olympic Games in Tokyo, 2020 [5]
References
[edit]- ^ "EHL statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Adam Dixon". EnglandHockey.co.uk.
- ^ "Adam Dixon named GB and England Captain - GB Hockey". Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Adam Dixon biography". Glasgow2014.com.
- ^ "Dixon Retires from International Hockey; Kerry Reflects on Tokyo Olympics | Great Britain Hockey".
External links
[edit]- Profile on England Hockey
- Profile on Great Britain Hockey
- Adam Dixon at the International Hockey Federation
- Adam Dixon at Olympedia
- Adam Dixon at Team GB
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Nottingham
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Male field hockey defenders
- British male field hockey players
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- 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
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- English expatriate field hockey players
- English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
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- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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