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 (1963-04-14) St Andrews, Fife
Sport
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 '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.

Jim is also a former British Wheelchair Disco champion.Template:Found on: http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/edinburgh-east-fife/real lives paralympian jim anderson adds obe to his medal haul 1 1226111

Anderson has cerebral palsy.

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