TikTookay has discovered its new crush, and it’s none aside from Olympian Matthew Anderson, a key participant on the USA males’s volleyball group.

The 37-year-old heartthrob is making waves on the 2024 Paris Olympics, not just for his beauty but in addition for his athletic prowess. Here are some information concerning the volleyball participant:

Matt Anderson was born on April 18, 1987, in West Seneca, New York. He grew up in a household outnumbered by females, because the youngest brother – his mom Nancy and older sisters Jennifer, Joelle, and Amy. The household, which included Matt and his older brother Joshua, suffered a major loss when their father Michael Anderson handed away in 2010.

In 2020, Matt married Jacqueline Gillum, and the couple welcomed their son Michael James later that yr. They expanded their household with the arrival of a daughter in 2022.

Matt Anderson made his Olympic debut on the London Olympics in 2012, the place he was the youngest participant on the lads’s volleyball group, ending in fifth place. He continued to symbolize the USA within the following Olympics – profitable a Bronze medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, inserting tenth in Tokyo in 2020, and now competing in Paris in 2024, the place he goals to dominate his sport.

The 2024 Paris Olypics will mark Matt’s fourth time attending. In an Instagram put up devoted to the accomplishment, he wrote “Got the official news today I’m going to be a 4 time Olympian. Grateful doesn’t carry enough weight behind it. The hours in the gym, early mornings & late nights seem endless at times. Lucky to have been in the position to put my head down and work through pain, heartbreak, triumph, personal loss, and still come out with the endless support from my superhero wife @snackieanderson, my beautiful children, my family, and my friends. Can’t wait to have them all by my side at the Olympic Games in Paris! Here we come!”

Matt can also be a robust advocate for autism consciousness, as he was impressed by his nephew Tristan, who has autism. To honor his nephew, Matt has a tattoo devoted to him and hosts an annual volleyball match to profit kids with autism.

In 2019, he shared a heartfelt put up on Instagram in honor of World Autism Awareness Day and Autism Awareness Month: “Today is World Autism Awareness Day and April is Autism Awareness Month. Wear your ribbons & blue and light it up blue. Autism affects a large number of people. Scientists and doctors are working hard to help diagnose and develop new rehabilitation techniques. Spread love over all things.”