Holly Dixon

Holly Dixon
Personal information
Born (1997-12-23) 23 December 1997
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)
Middle-distance running, Cross country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 2:05.54 (2025)
1500m: 4:10.56 (2025)
Mile: 4:40.05 (2025)
3000m: 9:15.20 (2024)
5000m: 15:41.85 (2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Cross Country Championships
2025 Lagoa Mixed relay

Holly Dixon (born 23 December 1997) is a British middle-distance and cross country runner.[1]

Career

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 5km 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]

References

  1. ^ "Holly Dixon". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ "New course records set at the Folkestone Coastal 10K by Invicta East Kent's Charlie Brisley and Cambridge Harriers' Holly Dixon". Kent Online. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ^ Bone, Steve (12 Oct 2021). "McNally and Dixon set Worthing 10k course records - picture gallery". Sussex Express. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  4. ^ "England athletes claim podium success in Cardiff". Emgland Athletics. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 30 Nov 2025.
  5. ^ Duff, Martin (Sep 16, 2024). "Niamh Brown and Hugo Milner win English National titles". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  6. ^ "EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS SPOTS BOOKED AT UKA CROSS CHALLENGE IN LIVERPOOL". British Athletics. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  7. ^ Adams, Tim (Jan 1, 2025). "Tomer Tarragano beats Tom Keen in enthralling finish at Battersea". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Chebet and Aregawi confirm supremacy in Elgoibar". World Athletics. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  9. ^ "UK Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Kickstarting the season at Loughborough International". England Athletics. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  11. ^ "MOLLY PALMER IMPRESSES IN LOUGHBOROUGH LONG JUMP AS JAZ SAWYERS RETURNS". Athletics Weekly. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  12. ^ Collett, Jasmine (7 May 2025). "JOE WIGFIELD AND HOLLY DIXON CLAIM WINS AT BANNISTER MILES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  13. ^ "British Milers Club Grand Prix". World Athletics. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  14. ^ "UK Championship". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  15. ^ Collett, Jasmine (11 August 2025). "CAMERON BOYEK AND HOLLY DIXON AMONG ATHLETES TO IMPRESS AT TRAFFORD BMC". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  16. ^ Henderson, Jason (27 Sep 2025). "SUB-FOUR FOR JOE WIGFIELD AT THE VITALITY WESTMINSTER MILE". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  17. ^ "DIXON AND HIGGINS WIN SHORT COURSE RACES AS CARDIFF CROSS CHALLENGE BEGINS". British Athletics. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  18. ^ Henderson, Jason (26 Nov 2025). "FITZGERALD, BARNICOAT, BEATTIE AND KEITH LEAD GB HOPES AT EURO CROSS IN LAGOA". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 Nov 2025.
  19. ^ Adams, Tim (14 Dec 2025). "NADIA BATTOCLETTI AND MEGAN KEITH FINISH 1-2 AT EURO CROSS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 16 Dec 2025.
  20. ^ "A SUPER SIX MEDALS FOR NOVUNA GB & NI TEAM AT THE 2025 EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS". British Athletics. 14 Dec 2025. Retrieved 15 Dec 2025.
  21. ^ "BMC Sheffield Indoor Grand Prix". World Athletics. 18 Jan 2026. Retrieved 22 Jan 2026.
  22. ^ "Novuna UK Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 14 Feb 2026. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
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