Career
She has also been credited as Cheryl Wheeler-Duncan, Cheryl Wheeler, Cheryl M. Wheeler, and Sheryl Wheeler. She has been stunt double for Rene Russo, Kathleen Turner, and Goldie Hawn. Cheryl Wheeler began studying Yoshukai Karate at fifteen years-old in Pensacola, Florida, with instructor Gerry Blanck.
She began kickboxing when her instructor began training an amateur team, but her championship matches were considered professional, as she was paid for the work.
Wheeler-Dixon also studied Judo, Aikido, and grappling and trained for a while with kickboxer and actor Don Wilson. Wheeler-Dixon began work in the film industry in 1987 and maintains an extensive filmography of stunt work in such films as Back to the Future Participant II, Bird on a Wire, Die Hard 2, Lethal Weapon III & IV, Demolition Manitoba, The Thomas Crown Affair and Charlie"s Angels.
Wheeler-Duncan was inducted into Black Belt Magazine"s Hall of Fame as 1996 Woman of the Year. With Chris Casamassa, she appeared on the cover and in a feature article in Black Belt Magazine in July 1997.
Wheeler-Dixon was injured during the filming of Back to the Future II when she shattered her face and right wrist in a fall and required reconstructive surgery.
In April 2010, she was featured on the cover and wrote an article for Healthy Living Magazine. She also works as a "stuntnastics" instructor and stunt performer at The Stunt Ranch in Austin, Texas.
