Holly Dixon
British long-distance runner (born 1997)
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Holly Dixon (born 23 December 1997) is a British middle-distance and cross country runner.[1]
1500m: 4:08.95 (2026)
Mile: 4:40.05 (2025)
3000m: 9:15.20 (2024)
5000m: 15:41.85 (2025)
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| Born | 23 December 1997 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Events | Middle-distance running, Cross country running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 800m: 2:05.54 (2025) 1500m: 4:08.95 (2026) Mile: 4:40.05 (2025) 3000m: 9:15.20 (2024) 5000m: 15:41.85 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
A member of the Cambridge Harriers, she set a course record to win the Folkestone Coastal 10k race in Kent in 2020.[2] In October 2021, she set a course record to win the Worthing 10k in Sussex.[3]
Dixon lowered her 5 km road personal best to 15:51 whilst representing England at the Home Nations race in Cardiff in August 2024, where she finished in first place.[4] In September 2024, she was runner-up to Niamh Brown in the English National Cross Country Championships race in Telford.[5] She finished runner-up in the short course race at the Liverpool Cross Challenge in November 2024.[6]
In December 2024, she was the top female finisher in the Mizuno Mile at the Battersea New Years Eve 5k in London.[7] In January 2025, she finished in sixth place at the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza in Elgoibar, Spain.[8]
She qualified for the final of the 1500 metres at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, placing sixth overall.[9] She competed for England at the Loughborough International in May 2025.[10][11] That month, she ran a personal best for the mile run of 4:40.05 to win the Bannister Mile in Oxford.[12] She ran a 4:12.36 personal best for the 1500 metres at the British Milers Grand Prix in June 2025, finishing runner-up to Emily Parker.[13] On 2 August, she qualified for the final of the 1500 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, placing eighth overall.[14] Later that month, she won the women’s 1500m A race at the BMC Trafford Grand Prix in a new personal best of 4:10.56.[15]
In September 2025, Dixon won the Westminster Mile in London in 4:30.[16] Dixon won the women's mile at the Cardiff Cross Challenge on 8 November 2025, finishing ahead of Ava Lloyd to gain automatic selection for the British team for the mixed relay at the European Cross Country Championships.[17][18] At the championships, on 14 December 2025 in Lagoa, Portugal, Dixon won the bronze medal in the event alongside Jack Higgins, Callum Elson and Ava Lloyd.[19][20]
Dixon opened her 2026 indoor season with an indoor personal best over 1500 metres in Sheffield, running 4:10.65 to finish runner-up to Molly Hudson.[21] She was a finalist over 1500 metres at the 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, placing fifth overall.[22] In May, Dixon ran a personal best 4:08.95 finishing runner-up to Phoebe Gill over 1500 metres at the British Milers' Club Trafford Grand Prix in Manchester.[23] In June, she reached the final of the 1500 metres at the 2026 UK Championships.[24]