Rae Anderson

Rae Anderson (born 16 February 1997) is an Australian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics and in alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. She became the seventh Australian Paralympic athlete to represent Australia at a Summer and Winter Paralympics.

Personal Anderson was born 16 February 1997 with cerebral palsy, left hemiplegia but it was not diagnosed until she was one. In 2022, Anderson moved to Indonesia for six months to undertake a degree in cultural studies at the Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. In 2021, Anderson is the Project Coordinator for the Activate Inclusion Sports Days (AISD) and Start Up Kidz program for Disability Sports Australia.

Athletics In her early teenage years, Anderson learnt to sail and played soccer, basketball and oz tag. A meeting with Evan O'Hanlon led to her taking up athletics in 2010. She competed in the 2016 Rio Paralympics, placing 5th in the F38 Shot put event and 8th in the F37 Discus event.

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, she finished second in the Women's Javelin F37 with a throw of 24.98m but this event was a non-medal event.

Skiing After the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, Anderson transferred to skiing with the aim of competing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. She is classified as LW9-1.

Football In 2022, Anderson became a member of the Paramatildas. She was awarded received the Rookie of the Year title in 2022.