John Anderson (sailor)

John Edward Anderson OAM[1] (born 24 July 1939) is an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he won a gold medal in the Star class, together with David Forbes.[2][3] He is the twin brother of sailor Tom Anderson.

John Anderson
Personal information
Full nameJohn Edward Anderson
NationalityAustralian
Born (1939-07-24) 24 July 1939
Sydney, New South Wales
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Star, Soling
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Kiel Star
North American Championships
Gold medal – first place 1975 Rochester Soling

In 1975, Anderson was part of the winning Soling class crew in the North American Championship and that same year, won the pre Olympic Regatta at Kingston. At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, he crewed the Australian boat which finished eleventh in the soling class. He was a member of the Australian Admirals Cup Team on Apollo II (1973), Love and War (1975), and Runnaway (1977). On 26 January 1987, Anderson was awarded the Medal of Order of Australia in "recognition of service to sailing".[1] Anderson was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1999.[4]

On 14 July 2000, Anderson was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for "services to sailing, particularly youth and offshore".[5] In 2009 Anderson was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.[6]

References
  1. "John Edward Anderson". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  2. "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Sailing" Archived 19 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, databaseOlympics.com; retrieved 18 April 2008.
  3. "Australian Olympic Committee: 1972 Munich". Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  4. "John Anderson". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  5. "John Edward Anderson". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  6. "Mr John Anderson OAM". Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. qsport.org.au. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.


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