Joyce Dixon
British swimmer (born 1945)
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Joyce Dixon (born 1945) is a former Welsh swimmer who specialised in the backstroke and competed at the Commonwealth Games.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Welsh) |
| Born | Q1. 1945[1] Rhyl, Wales |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Event | Backstroke |
| Club | Wellington ASC Shiverers SC, Cardiff |
Biography
Dixon was born in Rhyl, North Wales but moved with her family as a young child to Wellington, Shropshire, where she attended Wrekin Road School and Wellington High School and lived at 82 Roseway.[2][3]
In September 1957, at the age of 12, Dixon won three swimming events for Wellington Amateur Swimming Club at the Shropshire County Championships.[4] Her father was the club secretary of Wellington ASC and she was a competent swimmer in the freestyle and breaststroke in addition to her primary backstroke event.[5]
In 1958, swimming for Shiverers SC of Cardiff, she won the Welsh backstroke championship, defeating Diana Davies in the final.[6]
She represented the Welsh team[7] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where she competed in the 110 backstroke event and helped Wales secure a sixth place finish in the final of the women's 110 yards medley relay, with Geraldine Francis, Jocelyn Hooper, Diana Davies and Gillian Howells.[8]
She retained her Welsh backstroke title in 1959, 1960 and 1961, the latter in a record time of 68.2 sec but missed out on selection for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[9]
