Thomas Anderson (sailor)
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| Full name | Thomas James Anderson | |||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Tom | |||||||||||||
| Born | 24 July 1939 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||
| Died | 28 July 2010 (aged 71) | |||||||||||||
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Thomas James "Tom" Anderson (24 July 1939 – 28 July 2010) was an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class, together with crew members John Cuneo and John Shaw.[1][2] He was the twin brother of John Anderson.
On 8 February 2000, Anderson was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his gold medal-winning performance at 1972 Summer Olympics.[3] In 2009 Anderson was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.[4]
In 2018, Anderson was inducted to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame alongside Cuneo and Shaw.[5]
See also[]
- List of Olympic medalists in Dragon class sailing
References[]
- ^ "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Sailing" Archived 19 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 18 April 2008)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tom Anderson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
Full name: Thomas James Anderson
- ^ "Thomas Anderson". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ "Mr Tom Anderson". Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. qsport.org.au. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ^ "John Cuneo OAM, Tom Anderson, John Shaw". Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
External links[]
- Thomas Anderson's obituary at Sail-World.com
- Thomas Anderson at the International Olympic Committee
- Thomas Anderson at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Tom Anderson at Olympedia
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