James Anderson (swimmer)

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Jim Anderson

Personal information

Full name

James Allan Anderson

Nickname(s)

Jim the Swim

Nationality

United Kingdom
Scotland

Born

14 April 1963 (age 48)
St Andrews, Fife

Sport

Swimming

Stroke(s)

Freestyle, Backstroke

Club

Broxburn ASC

Medal record

Men's Swimming
Competitor for the Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	50 m backstoke S2
Gold	1996 Atlanta	100 m freestyle S2
Gold	2004 Athens	50 m backstoke S2
Gold	2004 Athens	50 m freestyle S2
Gold	2004 Athens	100 m freestyle S2
Gold	2004 Athens	200 m freestyle S2
Silver	1992 Barcelona	50 m backstoke S2
Silver	1992 Barcelona	50 m freestyle S2
Silver	1992 Barcelona	100 m freestyle S2
Silver	1996 Atlanta	50 m freestyle S2
Silver	2000 Sydney	50 m backstoke S2
Silver	2000 Sydney	50 m freestyle S2
Silver	2000 Sydney	100 m freestyle S2
Silver	2008 Beijing	50 m backstoke S2
Silver	2008 Beijing	200 m freestyle S2
Bronze	2008 Beijing	50 m freestyle S2
Bronze	2008 Beijing	100 m freestyle S2
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Swimming Championships
Gold	1994 Malta	50 m freestyle S2
Gold	1994 Malta	100 m freestyle S2
Gold	1998 New Zealand	50 m backstroke S2
Gold	1998 New Zealand	100 m freestyle S2
Gold	1998 New Zealand	200 m freestyle S2
Gold	2002 Argentina	50 m backstroke S2
Gold	2002 Argentina	100 m freestyle S2
Gold	2002 Argentina	200 m freestyle S2
Gold	2006 South Africa	50 m freestyle S2
Silver	1998 New Zealand	50 m freestyle S2
Silver	2002 Argentina	50 m freestyle S2
Silver	2006 South Africa	50 m backstroke S2
Silver	2006 South Africa	100 m freestyle S2
Silver	2006 South Africa	200 m freestyle S2
Bronze	1994 Malta	50 m backstroke S2
Paralympic World Cup
Gold	2005 Manchester	50 m backstroke S2
Gold	2006 Manchester	50 m freestyle S2
Gold	2008 Manchester	50 m freestyle S2

James Allan Anderson OBE (born April 14, 1963) is a United Kingdom (Scottish) swimmer.^[1] 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.^[1] 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.^[2] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.^[3]

Jim is also a former British Wheelchair Disco champion.

Anderson has cerebral palsy.^[1]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c "Meet Scotland's Paralympic heroes dreaming of another gold rush". Daily Record. 2008-09-02. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2008/09/02/meet-scotland-s-paralympic-heroes-dreaming-of-another-gold-rush-86908-20720887/.
^ "Sporting stars top honours list". BBC Scotland. BBC. 31 December 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4135169.stm. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59090. p. 9. 13 June 2009.

External links

"Swimming: Jim Anderson" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympics.org.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=680&filetitle=Swimming+Team+Biographies. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
James Anderson's profile on paralympic.org

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Name	Anderson, James
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Date of birth	14 April 1963
Place of birth	St Andrews, Fife
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