At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, his second games, he won a silver and bronze medal.

[6] Patterson has Diastrophic dysplasia, a joint fusion disability connected to dwarfism.

[3][5] Other sports he competes in include Australian rules football, cricket and ice hockey.

[3] Competing at the 2011 Australian National Championships, he set a world record in the 100m backstroke event.

[3] He was a member of the Australian team competing at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

[12][13] Competing at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, Patterson won a silver medal in the Men's 150m Individual Medley S3.