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Adam Dixon

b. 1986

British field hockey player

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Born 1986. Adam Dixon is a British field hockey player.

Adam Graham Dixon (born 11 September 1986) is an English field hockey player who played as a defender/midfielder for the England and Great Britain national teams. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics and captained both Great Britain and England.

Biography Dixon was born in Nottingham and grew up in Newark-on-Trent, where he played for Newark Hockey Club and went to school at Worksop College.

He played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Beeston from 2002 to 2016. While at Beeston, Dixon made his full international debut in May 2009 and played in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He was part of the silver medal winning England team that competed at the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

He was named the 2013 Player of the Year by the Hockey Writers' Club. 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.

After 14 years with Beeston he played in Netherlands for HC Rotterdam for the 2016–2017 season before returning to Beeston in 2017. He won his 200th cap for England and GB on 21 August 2017 vs Germany and represented England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

On 7 February 2019 it was announced that he had been appointed captain of England and GB. Dixon was selected to represent Great Britain squad for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Dixon announced his retirement from playing International hockey after the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

In 2023, Dixon was appointed Director of Hockey at Repton School and subsequently played hockey for Repton Hockey Club.

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Adam Graham Dixon, Adam G. Dixon

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Who is Adam Dixon?

British field hockey player

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Adam Dixon was born on 11 September 1986 in Nottingham.

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Adam Dixon is a field hockey player.

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· Wikipedia: Adam Dixon

· Wikidata: Q18207159

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