Scott Anderson (sailor)
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| Full name | John Scott Anderson | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1954 (age 72) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||
| Class | Tornado | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Scott Anderson (born 31 March 1954) is an Australian Olympic sailor who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1] He was 30 years old at the time and won a bronze medal in the Tornado class with skipper Christopher Cairns.[2]
In 1986, Anderson won the A-Cat Worlds Championship in Brenzone Italy, and again, 37 years later at the 2023 Championship in Touloun, France.[3]
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John S. Anderson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020.
Full name: John Scott Anderson
- ↑ "Scott Anderson". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "A Class Catamaran World Championship at Yacht Club de Toulon - Overall". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
External links
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Australian male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors for Australia
- A-Class world champions
- Tornado class sailors
- Tornado class world champions
- World champions in sailing for Australia
- Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Tornado
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian sailing biography stubs