Bob Dixon (athlete)

Bob Dixon

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Canada
British Empire Games
	1934 London	Javelin throw

Robert Samuel "Bob" Dixon (1907–11 January 1941) was a Canadian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw.

In a comparatively weak field, he won the gold medal at the 1934 British Empire Games ahead of the local opposition in London, throwing 60.02 m (196 ft 10³⁄₄ in) to beat South Africa's Harry Hart (who was winner of the shot put and discus that year).^[1][2][3][4]

At national level, he won one javelin title at the Canadian Track and Field Championships, topping the podium in 1934.^[5]

He died during World War II, having served in the Royal Canadian Air Force.^[6] He was later inducted into the Richmond Sports Wall of Fame.^[7]

References

1. Commonwealth Games: Men’s javelin. Athletics Weekly (2014-07-23). Retrieved on 2016-03-17.
2. Games Results for Robert Dixon. Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved on 2016-03-17.
3. “Adding to the gaiety of things sporting”: Stanley Wilson, the leading British javelin-thrower of the 1930s. Track Stats (March 2008). Retrieved on 2016-03-17.
4. Commonwealth Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-17.
5. Canadian Championships Medallists 1900–2012. Athletics Canada. Retrieved on 2016-03-17.
6. Robert Samuel Dixon. Canada At War. Retrieved on 2016-03-17.
7. Richmond Sports Wall of Fame launched with 16 inductees. Richmond. Retrieved on 2016-03-17.