Four medals and world record for Dixon

Dixon celebrates her victory. PHOTO: Natalie Behring/Getty Images

Stephanie Dixon, UVic social sciences student and member of the UVic Vikes swim team, won gold, silver and bronze at the Paralympic Games in Beijing in September.

Competing in her third Paralympic Games, she has now won a total of six gold, ten silver, and two bronze medals.
On Sept 13, Dixon won gold in the S9 100-m backstroke in world record time of 1:09:30, bettering her previous world record by half a second. The native of Brampton is now a three-time Paralympic champion in the 100-m backstroke, having also won gold in Sydney and Athens.

The gold was Dixon’s fourth medal in Beijing. On Sept. 8, she won bronze in the S9 100-m freestyle, touching the wall just 0.04 seconds shy of a silver. She also took silver in the SM9 200-m individual medley on Sept. 11, and the following day added her second silver in S9 400m.