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| Full name | Thomas James Anderson | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Tom | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 July 1939 (1939-07-24) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 July 2010 (2010-07-29) (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Class | Dragon | ||||||||||||||
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Thomas James 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. 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. In 2009, Anderson was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.
In 2018, Anderson was inducted to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame alongside Cuneo and Shaw.
See also
References
- "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 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 James Anderson at World Sailing
- Thomas James Anderson at Olympics.com
- Thomas Anderson at Olympic.org (archived)
- Thomas Anderson at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Tom Anderson at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
- Tom Anderson at Olympedia (archive)
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