[1] She competed in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, as crew for Micah Wilkinson in the Nacra 17 class.

[2] She competed in the Nacra 17 event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal with Wilkinson.

[2] Dawson competed in the 2012 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships together with Ellie Copeland, finishing fifth in the girls' 420 event.

In March 2020, the duo was selected for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Nacra 17 event.

[11] In June 2021, during the preparations for the Olympics, Dawson broke her fibula while practising.