Background
He grew up in Bellingen in the Northern Rivers.
He grew up in Bellingen in the Northern Rivers.
Anderson has nerve damage to his leg caused by meningitis and a hearing impairment. He moved to the Gold Coast to study for a Bachelor of Sport Management degree at Griffith University. He competed in three events at the 2008 Beijing Games, winning a silver medal in the Men"s 100 m Backstroke S10 event.
He battled shoulder injuries around the time of the 2008 Beijing Games.
He has been an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship holder. He also participated in the S10 class of the Men"s 100 m Backstroke, 100 m Freestyle and 50 m Freestyle events.
He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."
He finished fourth in the Men"s 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34pts, sixth in the Men"s 100m Backstroke S10, tenth in the Men"s 50m Freestyle S10 and eleventh in the Men"s 100m Freestyle S10. As of 2015, he is coached by January Cameron at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
At the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships in Durban, South Africa Anderson won a silver medal in the Men"s 100 m Backstroke S10 event. He competed at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands and did not win a medal. At the 2012 London Paralympics, Anderson won a gold medal in the 4x100 m freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 4x100 m medley relay. At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, Glasgow, Scotland, he won a bronze medal in the Men"s 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts as a heat swimmer.