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Thomas Anderson
Personal information
Full name	Thomas James Anderson
Nickname	Tom
Born	24 July 1939; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	28 July 2010 (aged 71)
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sailing career
Class	Dragon
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing Australia
Olympic Games

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.^[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]

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.