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| Born | (1949-11-05)November 5, 1949 (age 76) Los Angeles, California, United States | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Decathlon | ||||||||||||||
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Fred Dixon (born November 5, 1949) is an Americanathlete. He competed in themen's decathlon at the1976 Summer Olympics.[1] While Dixon had hopes of a medal, he was injured during his flight of the110 metres hurdles. Dixon struggled to continue but after a no height in the pole vault, he finished in 23rd place.[2]
Dixon finished in second place at the1975 Pan American Games, behind American rivalBruce Jenner. His 1977 score of 8,397, set in the dual meet against the Soviet Union inBloomington, Indiana[3] gave him, at the time, the sixth best decathlon score in history behind Olympic champions Jenner,Mykola Avilov andBill Toomey, plusGuido Kratschmer andAleksandr Grebenyuk. He was ranked in the world top 10 four years in a row, 1974-7, achieving #2 in 1975 behind Jenner and in 1977 behind Grebenyuk.[4] He finished in third place at the1980 US Olympic Trials, which would have qualified him to another Olympics,[5] except for the1980 Summer Olympics boycott.
Dixon appeared in a reunion with Jenner on an episode ofKeeping up with the Kardashians before Jenner had transitioned toCaitlyn Jenner. After Jenner's transition he was asked to comment:
"Bruce was one of the best athletes who ever existed. Now, to see that photo ... somehow it doesn't compute." "I look at it and I don't understand it. I'm not in any way judging him ... but it's very different." "The soul that was and is Bruce Jenner is still my friend. I don't understand what's going on now ... but he's still my friend."
— Fred Dixon[6]
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