Alyson Dixon

Alyson Dixon
A woman wearing blue athletics running kit and sunglasses is running along a street. She has a competitor identifier 'Dixon' pinned on her chest, with the event sponsor's logo.
Alyson Dixon competing at the 2015 Berlin Marathon
Personal information
NicknameAly
National team
Born (1978-09-24) 24 September 1978 (age 46)
Sunderland, England
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight42 kg (93 lb)
Websitealydixon.com
Sport
SportAthletics
Distance
ClubStrollette at Sunderland Strollers Running Club
Achievements and titles
Personal bests

Alyson Dixon (born 24 September 1978) is an English long-distance runner.

Athletic career

Dixon won the 2011 Brighton Marathon. She competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but did not finish due to an Achilles tendon injury. She competed for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, finishing 28th in the women's marathon.

In September 2019 Dixon won the 50 km world championship in Brasov, Romania setting a world record time of 3:07:20. Her record stood until 2021, when it was broken by Des Linden.[1]

Personal life

Dixon is an ambassador for St Benedict's Hospice in Sunderland.[2][3]

She first joined an athletics club as a girl when a friend did and because she wanted to go to Flamingo Land Resort as the club was going there.[4]

In 2023 and 2024 she finished First woman in the Sunderland half Marathon with times of 1:19:03 and 1:19:15.

She is a qualified UKA coach and currently coaches for New Levels Coaching url=https://www.newlevelscoaching.co.uk/dt_team/aly-dixon/

Her Father David Dixon was a keen marathon runner with a PB of 2.21.24

References

  1. ^ Butler, Sarah Lorge (13 April 2021). "Success! Des Linden Goes the Distance and Sets the 50K World Record". Runner's World.
  2. ^ Carr, Kevin (10 April 2013). "Dixon in peak condition ahead of Brighton Marathon". Sunderland Echo. Johnston Press. ISSN 0963-8997. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2018. Sunderland Stroller Alyson Dixon goes into the Brighton Marathon on Sunday in the form of her life. The 34-year-old has recently smashed her personal bests over 10k and the half marathon and impressed many in the Elswick Harriers' Good Friday Road Relay.
  3. ^ "Dixon wanted marathon 'bragging rights'". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ Dick, Stuart (24 July 2014). "Alyson Dixon on Glasgow 2014, her career and Flamingo Land". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 11 October 2018. One of my friends from school was a member of the local athletics club and they had mentioned they were going to Flamingo Land that summer. So I went along and joined the club so I could go, and then it all escalated from there really.


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