He moved to the Gold Coast to study for a Bachelor of Sport Management degree at Griffith University.

[2][3] Anderson made his international debut at the 2005 Deaflympics in Melbourne where he finished sixth in the 50m backstroke.

[4] At the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships in Durban, South Africa Anderson won a silver medal in the Men's 100 m Backstroke S10 event.

"[3] At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, Glasgow, Scotland, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts as a heat swimmer.

[8] In 2015, he was coached by Jan Cameron at the University of the Sunshine Coast[9] and is a Queensland Academy of Sport Scholarship holder.