Patterson is an
S3 classified swimmer. At the 2011 Para Pan Pacific Championships, he earned seven medals. He did not medal at the 2012 Games. Competing at the
2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in
Glasgow, Scotland, Patterson won a silver medal in the Men's 150m Individual Medley S3. He finished fifth in the Men's 200m Freestyle S3 and Men's 50m Breaststroke SB2, sixth in the Men's 50m Freestyle S3 and Men's 50m Backstroke S3 and seventh in the Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts. At the
2019 World Para Swimming Championships,
London, Patterson won the silver medal in the Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 and bronze medal in the Men's 150 m Individual Medley SM3. At the
2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he won the silver medal in the
Men's 50 m breaststroke SB2 with a time of 1:01.79, two-and-a-half seconds behind the gold medal winner,
José Arnulfo Castorena of Mexico. Patterson also a bronze medal in the
Men's 150 m individual medley SM3 with a time of 3:05.57. He competed in three other events but did not qualify for their finals. At the
2022 World Para Swimming Championships,
Madeira. Patterson won two medals - silver in the Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 and bronze in the Men's 150 m Individual Medley SM3. Patterson did not medal in four other events. At the
2024 Paris Paralympics, Patterson won bronze in the
150 m medley SM3, and
Men's 50 m breaststroke SB2. He finished 8th in the Men's 200 m freestyle S3. ==Recognition==