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About Grant Hackett
Grant Hackett was “Captain Fantastic” by the media at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal where he achieved the magnificent feat of Gold Medlas in the 400m, 800m and 1500m Freestyle events and breaking the World Record in the 800m along the way.
He also took home a Silver in the 200m Freestyle and Bronze in the 4 x 200m Relay. This haul of Medals and achievements earned Grant the "Male Swimmer of the Meet" Award. That year he also won the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m Freestyle events at the 2005 Telstra Australian Championships. Not only did Grant become the first person since 1984 to win 4 x Freestyle events at one Meet, he became the fastest man to swim the 1500m Freestyle on Australian soil in a time of 14.44.94.
Other memorable swims include the 2004 Athens Olympic Games where Grant swam with a collapsed lung to take Gold in an emotional 1500m Freestyle. Grant’s other achievements in Athens included 2 x Silver Medals, won in the 400m Free and 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay.
The 2001 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka Japan was a Meet that is noted in the history books. Grant annihilated Kieran Perkins' 7 year record by a massive 7.01 seconds. Due to a niggling shoulder injury, which culminated in surgery, Grant was forced to miss the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
The 2007 FINA World Championships was Grant’s first international meet following his shoulder surgery. Vocal about his lack of preparation and fitness, Grant courageously took Bronze in the 400m Freestyle.
The Beijing Olympics in August 2008 is Grant's next challenge and he is determined to come back to become the first man in the history of swimming to win three successive 1500m Olympic titles.
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