Bill Dixon (rower)
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Full name | William John Dixon | |||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||
Born | Sydney, Australia | 9 November 1912|||||||||||
Died | 10 June 1969 New South Wales, Australia | (aged 56)|||||||||||
Education | St Joseph's College | |||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||
Club | Sydney Rowing Club | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Olympic finals | 1936 Berlin Olympics M2X | |||||||||||
National finals | King's Cup 1933-39 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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William John Dixon (9 November 1912 – 10 June 1969) was an Australian rower.[1] He was a four-time national champion who competed in the men's double sculls event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2]
Club and state rowing
Dixon was educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill with 1929 as his senior year.[3] His senior rowing was from the Sydney Rowing Club and in the 1931–32 season he stroked a Sydney maiden four.[4] He won a New South Wales state championship in the coxed four the following year.
In 1933 Dixon made state selection in the New South Wales men's eight which contested and won the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[5] He rowed in four successive King's Cup winning New South Wales eights between 1933 and 1936[6] and then contested the event on three further occasions from 1937 to 1939.[7]
In 1939 Dixon rowed in a Sydney Rowing Club which contested the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. They won their first round and were knocked out in the second.[8]
International representative rowing
In 1936
In 1938 Dixon was one of five New South Welshman selected in the men's eight for the
War service
In
References
- Olympedia
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Dixon Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ St Joseph's magazine 1929
- ^ "Sydney Rows History". Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "1933 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "1936 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "1939 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Sydney Rows history". Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ a b "1936 Olympics". Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "1938 Commonwealth Games". Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ Dixon at WWII Nominal Roll
External links
- William Dixon at World Rowing
- William Dixon at Olympedia