Tim Anderson (athlete)

Tim Anderson

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	16 October 1925 Croydon, London
Died	22 September 2017(2017-09-22) (aged 91) [1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	pole vault
University team	Cambridge University AC
Club	Achilles Club
Medal record Athletics Representing   England British Empire Games 1950 Auckland Pole Vault

Timothy Donald Anderson (16 October 1925 – 22 September 2017) was a British pole vaulter who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. ^[2]

Biography

Anderson was educated at Malvern College before and Clare College, Cambridge, He twice won the Southern Athletics Championship and the Universities' Athletic Union (UAU) Championships in 1948 and 1949. ^[3]

Anderson finished third behind Richard Webster in the pole vault event at the 1948 AAA Championships and third behind Peter Harwood in the pole vault event at the 1949 AAA Championships. ^[4]

Anderson represented the England athletics team at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, winning the gold medal in the pole vault competition. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Several months later, by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete behind Rudy Stjernild at the 1950 AAA Championships, he was considered to be the British pole vault champion. ^[8]

Another second place ensued at the 1952 AAA Championships, this time behind Geoff Elliott. ^[4] Shortly afterwards he represented the Great Britain team at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki. ^[3]

References

1. Tim Anderson at Find a Grave
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tim Anderson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
3. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
6. "1950 Athletes". Team England.
7. "Auckland 1950 Team". Team England. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
8. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 13 April 2025.