Stephanie Dixon

Personal information

Born

February 10, 1984 (age 33)
Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Sport

Medal record

Women's swimming
Representing Canada
Paralympic Games
	2000 Sydney	100 m Freestyle S9
	2000 Sydney	400 m Freestyle S9
	2000 Sydney	100 m Backstroke S9
	2000 Sydney	4x100 m Freestyle Relay
	2000 Sydney	4×100 m Medley relay 34 pts
	2004 Athens	100 m Backstroke S9
	2008 Beijing	100 m Backstroke S9
	2000 Sydney	50 m Freestyle S9
	2000 Sydney	200 m Individual Medley SM9
	2004 Athens	100 m Butterfly S9
	2004 Athens	200 m Individual Medley SM9
	2004 Athens	100 m freestyle S9
	2004 Athens	400 m Freestyle S9
	2008 Beijing	400 m Freestyle S9
	2008 Beijing	200 m Individual Medley SM9
	2004 Athens	50 m Freestyle S9
	2008 Beijing	100 m Freestyle S9
IPC World Championships
	2010 Eindhoven	100 m backstroke S9

Stephanie Dixon (born February 10, 1984) is a Canadian swimmer. Prior to the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, Dixon had accumulated fifteen Paralympic medals and is considered to be one of the best swimmers with a disability in the world.

Born missing her right leg and hip, she began to swim at the age of two. At the age of 13, she began competitive swimming against athletes without disabilities. At the age of 14, she joined Canada's national Paralympic team. She uses underarm crutches.

She earned a B.A. in psychology from the University of Victoria.

She represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, at the age of 16, and won five gold medals. With 5 golds, she set the Canadian record for most golds at a single Games.Representing her country again at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, she won one gold, six silver, and one bronze, In the ParaPan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, she won 7 gold medals. She participated in the Paralympic Games for the third time in Beijing in 2008.

Dixon has also won several medals and set several world records at World Championships and at the Commonwealth Games.

She has been added to the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame.

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