Timothy Anderson (born 26 June 1994) is an Australian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2010. Anderson competes in the K1 and kayak cross events.
He is from Melbourne, Victoria but lives and trains in Penrith, NSW, and is coached by 2006 World Champion Julien Billaut.
Career Anderson was crowned the Oceania champion after finishing as the best-placed paddler from the region with an equal fourth at the Oceania canoe slalom titles at the Penrith Whitewater Centre early in February 2024. At the 2024 Australian Open he placed fifth in the K1, earning his place in the Olympic team, as well as winning the kayak cross event.
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing 7th in the K1 event and 10th in kayak cross.
Anderson earned his career best result of 5th in the K1 event at the 2023 World Championships in London, qualifying Australia a quota for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. His best result in the Kayak Cross event was 8th at the 2022 World Championships in Augsburg.
Anderson made the kayak cross quarterfinals in all five races of the 2023 World Cup to finish 3rd in the overall standings.
He won a silver medal in the K1 team event at the 2012 Junior World Championships in Wausau, Wisconsin, racing alongside Andrew Eckhardt and 2020 Olympian Daniel Watkins.
Personal life Anderson followed his brother Alastair into the sport, both learning to paddle on the Yarra River in Melbourne through the Eltham College school program. Anderson is supported by his long term partner and fellow athlete, Georgia Rankin.
Anderson completed a Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering/Bachelor of Science at the University of Sydney.
Results Complete World Cup results Year Class WC1 WC2 WC3 WC4 WC5 Points Position 2016 K1 Ivrea La Seu Pau Prague 32Tacen 31 41 50th 2017 K1Prague 46Augsburg 27 Markkleeberg Ivrea La Seu 20 58th 2018 K1Liptovský Mikuláš 25Kraków 49Augsburg 16 Tacen La Seu 46 53 42nd 2019 K1Lee Valley 26Bratislava 24Tacen 60 Markkleeberg Prague 45 46 44th2022 K1Prague 21Kraków 27Tacen 12Pau 15La Seu 22 151 14th Kayak cross440433341 55 23rd2023 K1Augsburg 21Prague 22Tacen 7La Seu 8Paris 20 178 12th Kayak cross5128126 1613rd
Complete Championship results Year Level Venue Event Result2010Junior World FoixK1 team12thK148th2012Junior World WausauK1 team2ndK116th2013U23 World Liptovský MikulášK1 team5thK141st2014U23 World PenrithK1 team6thC1 team10thK130th2015U23 World Foz do IguaçuK1 team11thC1 team10thK116th2016U23 World KrakówK1 team6thK140th2017U23 World BratislavaK1 team10thK168th2018World Rio de JaneiroK1 team10thK148th2019World La Seu d'UrgellK1 team8thK117th2022World AugsburgK1 team7thK133rdKayak Cross8th2023World LondonK1 team9thK15thKayak Cross38th
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