Adam Dixon | |
Full Name: | Adam Graham Dixon |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1986 |
Birth Place: | Nottingham, England |
Height: | 1.69 m |
Weight: | 70 kg |
Position: | Defender / Midfielder |
Clubs1: | Beeston |
Years1: | 2002–2016 |
Clubs2: | Rotterdam |
Years2: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs3: | Beeston |
Years3: | 2017–present |
Nationalteam1: | England & GB |
Nationalyears1: | 2009–2021 |
Nationalcaps1: | 290 |
Nationalgoals1: | 22 |
Updated: | 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.
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]
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]