| Medal record | |||
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 Grant Hackett |
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| Men's Swimming | |||
Competitor for  Australia |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2000 Sydney[1] | 1500 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 2000 Sydney | 4×200 m freestyle relay | |
| Gold | 2004 Athens[2] | 1500 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 2004 Athens | 400 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 2004 Athens | 4×200 m freestyle relay | |
| World Championships - Long Course | |||
| Gold | 1998 Perth | 1500 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 1998 Perth | 4 x 200 m freestyle relay | |
| Gold | 2001 Fukuoka | 1500 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 2001 Fukuoka | 4 x 200 m freestyle relay | |
| Gold | 2003 Barcelona | 800 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 2003 Barcelona | 1500 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 2003 Barcelona | 4 x 200 m freestyle relay | |
| Gold | 2005 Montreal | 400 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 2005 Montreal | 800 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 2005 Montreal | 1500 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 1998 Perth | 400 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 2001 Fukuoka | 400 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 2001 Fukuoka | 800 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 2003 Barcelona | 400 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 2005 Montreal[3] | 200 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 2007 Melbourne[4] | 400 m freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2003 Barcelona | 200 m freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2005 Montreal | 4 x 200 m freestyle relay
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| World Championships - Short Course | |||
| Gold | 2002 Moscow[5] | 400 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 2002 Moscow | 1500 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 2002 Moscow | 4 x 200 m freestyle relay | |
| Commonwealth Games | |||
| Gold | 1998 Kuala Lumpar | 1500 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 1998 Kuala Lumpar | 4 x 200 m freestyle relay | |
| Silver | 1998 Kuala Lumpar | 400 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 2002 Manchester[6] | 200 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 2002 Manchester | 400 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 2002 Manchester | 1500 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 2002 Manchester[7] | 4 x 200 m freestyle relay | |
| Gold | 2002 Manchester | 4 x 100 m freestyle relay | |
| Pan Pacific Championships | |||
| Gold | 1999 Sydney | 1500 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 1999 Sydney | 4x200 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 1999 Sydney | 400 m freestyle | |
Grant George Hackett OAM (born May 9, 1980) is an Australian swimmer who won the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Swimming has been a sport at every modern Summer Olympics. It has been open to women since 1912. 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The eighth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m event was held in 1999 in Sydney Australia, from August 22 The eighth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m event was held in 1999 in Sydney Australia, from August 22 The eighth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m event was held in 1999 in Sydney Australia, from August 22 Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Freestyle is an unregulated Swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's This has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history. He also collected a gold medal in Sydney for swimming in the heats of the 4×200 m freestyle relay. He is well regarded for his versatility, being the world record holder in the 1500 m and 800 m freestyle, and 2nd and 4th in the 400 m and 200 m freestyle respectively. He has dominated the 1500 m event in the past decade, being undefeated in the event in finals from 1996 until the 2007 World Aquatics Championships. The 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from March His four World Championship gold medals in the event make him the only swimmer to have won a world title in one event four times, and in total, he has won 10 World Championship gold medals. Hackett is the current captain of the Australian swimming team.
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Career
Hackett was born at Southport on the Gold Coast of Queensland. Southport is a suburb and a business district near the mid-point of the Gold Coast, Australia and has one of the city's largest communities This article is about the Australian city Gold Coast For other uses see Gold Coast. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent The son of a policeman and younger brother of an Ironman champion, he first achieved prominence on debut at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships, where he first won the 1500 meters. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar He also won the 400 m freestyle, recording his only international victory over the yet-to-be-famous Ian Thorpe at the distance in international competition. Ian James Thorpe OAM (born 13 October 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales) also known as the Thorpedo or Thorpey He also won the event at the 1998 World Championships, and was narrowly upset by Thorpe in the 400 m. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) He also combined with Thorpe, Michael Klim and Daniel Kowalski to win the 4×200 m freestyle relay, beginning a six-year winning streak in the event over the United States. Michael Klim OAM (born August 13, 1977) is a Polish -born Australian swimmer Daniel Steven Kowalski (born July 2, 1975 in Singapore) was an Australian middle- and long-distance Swimmer specialising in The United States of America —commonly referred to as the These results were replicated at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian Kuala Lumpur (ˈkwɑːləlʊmˈpʊər Malay /kwɑlɑlʊmpʊ/ and locally /kwɑləlʊmpɔ/ or even /kɔlɔmpɔ/ or often abbreviated as K From 1997 to 2007 he was unbeaten in the 1500 m, winning it at every major world competition, including the World Championships, Pan Pacific Championships, Olympics, Commonwealth and Australian Championships. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
In 1999, Hackett broke his first world record, unexpectedly breaking Giorgio Lamberti's 200 m freestyle world record at a club-level meet in Queensland. Giorgio Lamberti (born January 28, 1969) is a former Italian Swimmer. It was subsequently broken by Ian Thorpe in the same year at the 1999 Pan Pacific Championships in Sydney, although Hackett himself bettered his old mark. Hackett himself claimed the 1500 m freestyle, and combined with Thorpe, Klim and Bill Kirby to break the world record in the 4×200 m freestyle. William ("Bill" Ashley Kirby (born 12 September 1975 in Perth Western Australia) is an Australian swimmer who was competitive on an international
Entering the Sydney Olympics in 2000, Hackett was the overwhelming favourite in the 1500 m freestyle, and was also expected to help Thorpe take a quinella in the 200 m and 400 m events. However, he was struck down by a virus and in the 400 m and 200 m, he was well short of his best, finishing eighth and seventh respectively. He followed this with an extremely slow swim in the heats of the 4×200 m freestyle relay, and was dropped from the final quartet, being replaced by Todd Pearson. Todd Pearson (born 11 November 1977 is an Australian Swimming champion who was born in Geraldton, Western Australia. By the time the final of the 1500 m freestyle came, Hackett had qualified third behind sentimental favourite Kieren Perkins, who was being vocally cheered by the crowd. Kieren John Perkins OAM (born August 14, 1973) is a former Australian professional swimmer In the face of the immense pressure, Hackett adopted a more attacking, fast-starting approach, and managed to hang on to claim gold.
Over shorter distances, however, Hackett has been somewhat overshadowed by his fellow Australian Ian Thorpe, with his versatility over varying distances often unheralded. Ian James Thorpe OAM (born 13 October 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales) also known as the Thorpedo or Thorpey Despite this, he is a hugely popular figure in Australia. His extroverted personality is in sharp contrast with Thorpe's more reserved style, and is more in line with Australian expectations of sporting figures. His major interests outside swimming are playing the guitar and motor racing.
At the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Hackett was in the peak of his speed. is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyūshū in Japan, across He set personal bests in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle events, finishing second to Thorpe on both occasions, and bettering the previous world record in the latter. Along with Thorpe, Klim and Kirby, they bettered the previous world record in the 4×200 m freestyle. In the 1500 m, Hackett attacked immediately, and stayed well ahead of Perkins' world record, and with the crowd standing and willing him on, he broke the record by 7 seconds, to claim gold.
He replicated the results at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships in Yokohama, and the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, taking the 1500 m and 4×200 m relay, while finishing behind Thorpe in the 400 m and 800 m, except in Barcelona where Thorpe opted not to swim the 800 m freestyle. The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002 is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, located in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshū and is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area He also claimed two silvers and a bronze (in Barcelona) for his outings in the 200 m freestyle.
At 196 cm (six foot five) and 89. 8 kg (198 pounds), Hackett is an imposing figure, who wins the gruelling 1500 meters race by sheer physical strength and stamina. He showed this in Sydney when he won despite having only partly recovered from illness, and again in Athens, when he survived challenges from swimmers (Larsen Jensen and David Davies) six years his junior to hang on to win the race, despite a partially collapsed lung. Larsen Alan Jensen (born September 1, 1985 in Bakersfield California) is an American swimmer, who graduated from the University David Michael R Davies (born March 3 1985 in Barry) is a Welsh long-distance Swimmer. This came after a solid swim in the 400 m to claim silver behind Thorpe, and an unconvincing swim in the 200 m and 4×200 m relay, when he was more than a second outside of his best. His sluggish heat swim placed him third, raising concerns amongst the Australian camp. After the Olympics, it was revealed that one of his lungs was partially collapsed, leaving his total lung capacity diminished by 25%.
In 2005, Swimming Australia introduced the concept of a captain for the swimming team. Hackett was awarded this honour, and led Australia in the World Championships at Montreal, Canada. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He won gold medals in the 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle, the first person ever to achieve this feat. His victory in the 800 m event broke Thorpe's world record, and his 1500 m victory saw him become the first to win an event four times at a World Championships. He was named as FINA's Male swimmer of the meet. He was named as the Australian Swimmer of the Year in 2005, and was also named the Swimmer of the Year by the Swimming World magazine.
In November 2005, Hackett announced his withdrawal from the 2006 Commonwealth Games due to being unavailable for the selection trials because of a minor surgery to correct a shoulder injury. The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006 However, he was given dispensation to act as a non-competing captain in order to mentor the fellow swimmers in the lead-up to the competition.
In late 2006, Hackett relocated to Melbourne due to personal reasons. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 He attributed his disrupted preparation to adjusting with his new regime. Prior to the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, he presented a pessimistic outlook of his prospects. The 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from March
He qualified last in the 400 m event, but lead in the final before fading in the last lap to take the bronze medal. He qualified fifth in the 800 m event, but finished seventh, more than ten seconds behind the winner. In 1500 m final Hackett came seventh, ending his decade long unbeaten streak in the event.
In December of 2007, Hackett competed in and won his first National Championship 10km Open Water race. By barely edging out veteran open-water swimmer and Ironman Triathlete Ky Hurst, the pair both qualified for the World Championships in in Seville, Spain. Ky Hurst (born 1981 in Nambour Queensland) is an Australian swimmer and ironman. However, Hackett failed to finish in the top 10 in this event, and therefore missed out on qualifying for the 10km open water swim at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [8] He was also criticised for appearing to be overweight after the event, a claim that he rejected as "ridiculous". [9]
Though Hackett failed to qualify for the 10k, he has a hard program to swim at the Olympics. He swims the 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle and the 4x200m freestyle relay. In the 1500m he can become the first male swimmer to win three successive Olympic titles in the same event, an opportunity denied two-time Olympic 1500m champion Vladimir Salnikov due to the 1984 Summer Olympics communist boycott. Vladimir Valeryevich Salnikov (Владимир Валерьевич Сальников born May 21, 1960) is a Russian former Swimmer who The Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States followed the American-led boycott of the 1980
Career Best Times
1. 200 Freestyle-1:45. 61(4th fastest ever)
2. 400 Freestyle-3:42. 51(2nd fastest ever)
3. 800 Freestyle-7:38. 65(WR)
4. 1500 Freestyle-14:34. 56(WR)
Personal life
On April 14, 2007, Hackett married Australian singer Candice Alley. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Candice Marie Giannarelli, better known as Candice Alley (born 23 June 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian
He has Bachelor of Commerce and Laws degrees from Bond University. Bond University is a private University located in Robina, Queensland, Australia. [10]
See also
External links
- FINA profile for Grant Hackett
- Swimming Australia profile for Grant Hackett
- Grant Hackett Online
- Grant Hackett at the Internet Movie Database
- Videos & Results on SwimPassion.net
References
- ^ ESPN Sydney Swimming. The first World Record in the Men's 1500 metres Freestyle in Long course (50 metres Swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation Swimming Australia is the peak governing body for competitive Swimming in Australia. Retrieved on 2007-07-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of
- ^ 2004 Olympic Games swimming results. Retrieved on 2007-07-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of
- ^ Montreal 2005 Results. Retrieved on 2007-06-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits
- ^ 12th FINA World Championships. Retrieved on 2007-06-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits
- ^ 2002 World Championships - Short Course Swim Rankings results. Retrieved on 2007-07-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
- ^ BBC Sport Commonwealth Games 2002 Statistics. Retrieved on 2007-08-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708)
- ^ BBC Sport Commonwealth Games 2002 Statistics. Retrieved on 2007-08-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708)
- ^ Cowley, Michael. "Hackett fails in open water", The Age, May 5, 2008. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
- ^ Paxinos, Stathi. "No muffin top here: Hackett fighting fit", The Age, May 7, 2008. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
- ^ Dabkowski, Stephen. "Long-distance Hackett on target to be a stayer", The Age, August 2, 2003. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Kieren Perkins |
Men's 1500 metres Freestyle World Record Holder (Long Course) July 29, 2001 – |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Kieren Perkins |
Men's 1500 metres Freestyle World Record Holder (Short Course) September 27, 1998 – |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Awards | ||
Preceded by Michael Phelps |
World Swimmer of the Year 2005 |
Succeeded by Michael Phelps |
| Preceded by Ian Thorpe |
World Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year 2005 |
Succeeded by Tae Hwan Park |
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