Stephanie Dixon

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STEPHANIE DIXON is a Canadian swimmer and one of Canada's most successful Paralympians. Prior to retiring from competitive swimming in 2010, Dixon competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Paralympic Games. During her career, Dixon won nineteen Paralympic medals and seven Parapan American Games medals, and was a 10-time world champion.

Dixon's post-Olympics career remains centred on sports. In 2011, she moved to the Yukon and became head coach of the Yukon Graylings Master Swim Club. After two years with the Glacier Bears, she remained in Yukon, had her own coaching business and remained active with Canadian Tire’s Jumpstart program and as a Right to Play Ambassador.

Over the last decade, Dixon has been active as a broadcaster at international events. She was a TV host for the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships and part of the Canadian Paralympic Committee's broadcast team for the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.

Dixon was part of CBC's broadcasting team for the 2016 and 2018 Paralympic Games. After serving as Team Canada’s assistant chef de mission for the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games, she was Canada's chef de mission for the 2019 Parapan American Games and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Dixon was added to the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. In 2016, she was awarded the Order of Sport, marking her induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2018.

Dixon earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Victoria and M.A. in Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Dixon | https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/stephanie-dixon 

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