Grant Hackett

SYDNEY, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Australian swimmer Grant Hackett, the only person to win the same event at four consecutive World Championships, has retired. Hackett, 28, is the world record-holder in the 1,500-meter event with a time of 14 minutes, 34.56 seconds, set at the 2001 World Championships in Japan. He also holds the world record in the 800-meter event (7:38.65) and held the world mark for the 200 freestyle in 1999, until bested by countryman Ian Thorpe. Hackett won two gold medals at the...Read Full Story

Melbourne, June 25: Disgraced Olympic swimming champion Grant Hackett believes that he doesn't have a problem with alcohol despite trashing his apartment in a drunken rage after an argument with his pop singer wife. - Indiatalkies.comRead Full Story

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Melbourne, May 27: Explosive images have surfaced which show Olympic champ Grant Hackett unleashing destruction on his own home in an alcohol-fuelled rage. - Indiatalkies.comRead Full Story

China’s Sun Yang, at only 19 years old, has chased down one of the few World Records that survived the polyurethane era, and broke Grant Hackett’s World Record in the men’s 1500... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Read Full Story