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Jim Anderson

Personal information
Full name	James Allan Anderson
Nickname	Jim the Swim
Nationality	United Kingdom  Scotland
Born	(1963-04-14) 14 April 1963 (age 61) St Andrews, Fife
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, Backstroke
Club	Broxburn ASC
Medal record Men's Swimming Representing the  Great Britain Paralympic Games 1996 Atlanta 50 m backstoke S2 1996 Atlanta 100 m freestyle S2 2004 Athens 50 m backstoke S2 2004 Athens 50 m freestyle S2 2004 Athens 100 m freestyle S2 2004 Athens 200 m freestyle S2 1992 Barcelona 50 m backstoke S2 1992 Barcelona 50 m freestyle S2 1992 Barcelona 100 m freestyle S2 1996 Atlanta 50 m freestyle S2 2000 Sydney 50 m backstoke S2 2000 Sydney 50 m freestyle S2 2000 Sydney 100 m freestyle S2 2008 Beijing 50 m backstoke S2 2008 Beijing 200 m freestyle S2 2008 Beijing 50 m freestyle S2 2008 Beijing 100 m freestyle S2 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Swimming Championships 1994 Malta 50 m freestyle S2 1994 Malta 100 m freestyle S2 1998 New Zealand 50 m backstroke S2 1998 New Zealand 100 m freestyle S2 1998 New Zealand 200 m freestyle S2 2002 Argentina 50 m backstroke S2 2002 Argentina 100 m freestyle S2 2002 Argentina 200 m freestyle S2 2006 South Africa 50 m freestyle S2 1998 New Zealand 50 m freestyle S2 2002 Argentina 50 m freestyle S2 2006 South Africa 50 m backstroke S2 2006 South Africa 100 m freestyle S2 2006 South Africa 200 m freestyle S2 1994 Malta 50 m backstroke S2 Paralympic World Cup 2005 Manchester 50 m backstroke S2 2006 Manchester 50 m freestyle S2 2008 Manchester 50 m freestyle S2

James Allan 'Jim' Anderson OBE (born April 14, 1963) is a United Kingdom (Scottish) swimmer. He was born in St Andrews, Fife and now resides in Broxburn.

He has represented Great Britain at the Paralympic Games on five occasions, in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He has won six Paralympic gold medals, four at the 2004 Games, in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m freestyle and the 50 m backstroke events, and two at the 1996 Games in the 50 m backstroke and 100 m freestyle races. He has also set two world records and four European records. He competed again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. In 2004 he was awarded the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year award and was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.

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Anderson has cerebral palsy.

Footnotes

1. ^ "Meet Scotland's Paralympic heroes dreaming of another gold rush". Daily Record. 2008-09-02.
2. "Sporting stars top honours list". BBC Scotland. BBC. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
3. "No. 59090". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 13 June 2009.

External links

• "Swimming: Jim Anderson" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
• Jim Anderson at the International Paralympic Committee

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