Biography
Timothy ANDERSON
 PADDLE AUSTRALIA
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| Male | |
| 26/06/1994 | |
| 172 | |
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Daniel WATKINS | |
| Jaxon MERRITT | |||
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Daniel WATKINS | |
| Jaxon MERRITT | |||
| NICKNAME: | Tim | |
| HOBBIES: | Paddling, watching and playing AFL, knitting and Netflix and chillin' Field hockey, hiking, skiing and uni | |
| OTHER SPORTS: | Field hockey. Skiing if I'm ever around for winter | |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Melbourne-born Anderson will be heading to his first Olympic Games at the age of 30. He is a Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering and Bachelor of Science from the University of Sydney. Apart from paddling, Anderson is a fan of Rubik’s cubes and hiking. | |
| FACEBOOK: | https://www.facebook.com/TimAndersonKayak/ | |
| PLACE OF RESIDENCE: | Sydney | |
| OCCUPATION: | Student | |
| LANGUAGES: | English, broken Spanish | |
| HIGHER EDUCATION: | Currently undertaking a bachelor of biomedical engineering/bachelor of science | |
| WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?: | In 2006 I decided to try kayaking on the Yarra River because my older brother had been doing it for a few years in the Eltham College school program. | |
| REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT: | My older brother did it and it looked fun so I was always really keen to get in a boat. | |
| MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER: | Campbell Walsh. My parents allowing me to compete and train at my best, and my coach Julien Billaut for showing me a whole new world of canoeing which I never knew about. | |
| TRAINING PARTNER(S): | Daniel Watkins, Jaxon Merritt, Lucien Delfour | |
| HERO/IDOL: | Michal Martikan, Olympic Champion. Any Olympic champions | |
| SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO: | Love it, do it. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast | |
| FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE: | Pau, France and Ivrea, Italy are my favourite courses because of the amazing unique whitewater that they have. | |
| FAVOURITE FOOD: | Spaghetti bolognese | |
| FAVOURITE MUSIC: | Dave Dobbyn - Slice of Heaven | |
| AMBITIONS : | World number 1 | |
| AWARDS AND HONORS: | 2017 Australian National Champion Men's K1 | |
| CLUB: | Melbourne Canoe Club and PVC | |
| NAME OF COACH: | Julien Billaut | |
| NATIONALITY OF YOUR COACH: | Australian / French | |
| SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN COACHED BY HIM/ HER?: | since 2013 | |
| TRAINING REGIME: | In the summer I train with the rest of the Australian team in Penrith, generally 1-2 times per day as many times as possible on the whitewater. In the off-season, I am a student and can only train on the course a few times per week and it takes me over an hour to get to training. I have done a lot of aerobic running training in the past, having played a lot of field hockey until I specialised in kayaking in 2012. I enjoy pushing myself really hard and getting the great feeling of nailing a move better than ever before. | |
| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION: | 2016 World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic | |
| MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT: | The first time I ever raced on the Penrith whitewater course when I was 13 years old and managed to make it down almost the entire course, nailing every move I encountered until the Deep Fryer move at the bottom where I was so scared that I just rolled for no reason on both runs. Oddly it was the most satisfying race I have ever done. 2002 primary school hopscotch champ |
2014 ICF JUNIOR & U23 WORLD CANOE SLALOM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results
