Charlie Dixon - Youth iQFoil Multiple World Champion
by Christine Brown 15 Oct 2022 10:34 BST
Charlie Dixon – Youth iQ Foil Multiple World Champion © Ian Johnson
Many congratulations to talented 17-year-old Blackwater Sailing Club cadet sailor Charlie Dixon who has been crowned iQFoil Youth World Champion at the Youth World Championships in the Hague held from 8-15 July 2022.
Having become iQFoil Youth National Champion at the RYA Youth National Championships held at Plas Heli, Pwllheli in April 2022, Charlie joined the 16 members of the GB team who raced at the Hague against 450 of the world's best youth sailors from 69 countries.
The Hague was Charlie's first ever international event and he went there without any great expectations. He completely dominated the male iQFoil class at the event notching up eight wins from 11 races to seal the title by a staggering 16 points. Charlie was the only member of the Great Britain team to win gold at the event across the 12 classes contested.
Charlie is a great ambassador for the Club and when he is not at a championship, he can be seen practising and training on the Blackwater Estuary. This is a well deserved reward for all his hard work and commitment to this exciting Olympic class.
Charlie has now gone on to win the iQFoil International Games in Lake Garda, Italy and has just been crowned iQFoil U19 male World Champion in Lake Silvaplana, Austria.
Blackwater Sailing Club is very proud of our World Champion Charlie.