Timothy ANDERSON (AUS)

Tim

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.

Sydney

Student

Currently undertaking a bachelor of biomedical engineering/bachelor of science

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.

My older brother did it and it looked fun so I was always really keen to get in a boat.

Paddling, watching and playing AFL, knitting and Netflix and chillin' Field hockey, hiking, skiing and uni

Melbourne Canoe Club and PVC

Julien Billaut

Australian / French

since 2013

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.

2016 World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic

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

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.

Daniel Watkins, Jaxon Merritt, Lucien Delfour

Michal Martikan, Olympic Champion. Any Olympic champions

Love it, do it. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast

Pau, France and Ivrea, Italy are my favourite courses because of the amazing unique whitewater that they have.

Spaghetti bolognese

Dave Dobbyn - Slice of Heaven

World number 1

2017 Australian National Champion Men's K1

Field hockey. Skiing if I'm ever around for winter