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Robert Samuel Dixon (30 December 1909 – 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 10 + 3 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]
Dixon spent time in the Vancouver Police Force [6] lacrosse with the New Westminster Salmonbellies with whom he competed for the Mann Cup in 1930. He also coached the Canadian lacrosse team at the 1932 Summer Olympics .[7]
At one point, he enrolled in a school for machine gunners near Los Angeles and joined a group of California-based mercenaries and headed to China .[7]
Dixon did two tours as a pilot in China, and allegedly became the right-hand man of influential Chinese warlord Zhang Zuolin , according to newspaper reports.[7]
Dixon's time in China also included a stint with the Chinese Airforce during the Sino-Japanese War . He returned to Canada when war was declared in Canada and immediately enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force .[6]
Serving as a test pilot in the RCAF, he died in an airplane crash in Grosse Isle, Manitoba during World War II .[8] Richmond Sports Wall of Fame.[9]
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^ “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.
^ Commonwealth Games . GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-17.
^ Canadian Championships Medallists 1900–2012 . Athletics Canada . Retrieved on 2016-03-17.
^ a b City of Richmond, BC (January 12, 2017). "Flying Officer Robert Samuel Dixon" . City of Richmond, BC. Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
^ a b c CBC News (November 13, 2016). "Athlete of the week: Bob Dixon, RCAF pilot" . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
^ Robert Samuel Dixon Archived 2016-03-27 at the Wayback Machine . Canada At War. Retrieved on 2016-03-17.
^ Richmond Sports Wall of Fame launched with 16 inductees . Richmond. Retrieved on 2016-03-17.
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