Matt Anderson may be a star player on the U.S. men’s volleyball team at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but off the court, the 37-year-old athlete is a devoted husband and dad.
On Aug. 5, Anderson scored 20 points in a winning match against Brazil to secure his team a spot — and the chance to win a gold medal — in the Aug. 7 semifinals against Poland.
Anderson has played in every Olympics since his debut at the London Games in 2012. This year, the athlete, who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, brought along his wife, Jackie Anderson, and their kids — son Jamie and daughter Juno — as his personal pep squad in Paris. The Paris Games marks the first time his family has joined him at an Olympics, he told of Buffalo, New York.
“It’s always awesome when family can be at the matches and in particular, my kids right now and my wife. This is their very first time seeing me play live in the Olympics,” he said. “We’re trying to soak it up as much as possible and give them the experience of the Olympics,” he said.
“But also me being able to have them there for support is pretty good.” “My kids and my wife and my family are what keep me going,” he added. Read on to learn more about Matt Anderson's supportive wife, Jackie Anderson.
Jackie Anderson (née Gillum) is a food stylist and a photographer who answers to the nickname "Snackie," according to Matt Anderson first shared a photo of him posing his future wife in September 2018, calling he.