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Grant Hackett OAM was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2010 as an Athlete Member for his contribution to the sport of swimming.
Hackett dominated 1500 metre swimming for almost a decade, winning the World Championship in 1998, 2001, 2003 and 2005 and Olympic gold in 2000 and 2004 before finally losing his Olympic crown with a gallant silver medal at Beijing in 2008. He also won world titles at 400 metres and 800 metres, was Olympic and World silver medallist at 200 metres, and was a member of four Olympic and World Championship-winning relay teams.
With six world records, 18 World Championship medals and 23 (long course) national titles, he is the most decorated swimmer in Australian history.
Having taken up swimming in Southport, Queensland, at the age of four “because my brother did it” Grant Hackett burst onto the world scene in 1997 winning the 400 metre and 1500 metre titles at the Pan Pacific Championships. A year later he claimed his first world 1500 metres title at the World Championships in Perth, WA -also winning silver in the 400 metres f
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Grant Hackett
Australian swimmer
Grant George HackettOAM (born 9 May 1980) is an Australian swimmer, most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement 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 was well regarded for his versatility, and has held the long course world records in the 200 m, 800 m, and 1500 m freestyle events. He dominated the 1500 m event for a decade, being undefeated in the event in finals from 1996 until the 2007 World Aquatics Championships. In total, he won 10 long-course world championship gold medals.
Hackett was the captain of the Australian swimming team from the time the role was reintroduced in 2005 until his retirement in 2008.
Hackett worked for the Nine Network, often hosting Wide World of Sports. Hackett's contract as a Westpac Banking Corporation ambassador was not renewed in February 2
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Grant Hackett
Grant Hackett, OAM (born 9 May 1980) is a retired Australian competitive swimmer and open water swimmer. He worked for the Nine Network, often hosting Wide World of Sports. He works for Westpac as a banker.
Hackett was born at Southport on the Gold Coast of Queensland, the son of a policeman and younger brother of an Ironman champion.
Swimming Highlights
- He won the 1500m freestyle race at both the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history.
- He won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games for swimming in the heats of the 4×200m freestylerelay.
- He is well regarded for his versatility, being the world record holder in the 1500m and formerly in the 800m freestyle, and 2nd and 4th in the 400m and 200m freestyle respectively.
- He dominated the 1500m event in the early 21st century, going undefeated in the event in finals from 1996 until the 2007 FINA World Aquatics Championships.
- His four FINA World Championship gold medals in the event make him
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