Grant Hackett

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

  Japan turns out lots of good swimmers. Men like Kosuke Nakajima, who holds the world record in the 100- and 200-breast. I have swum against some of their Olympians when they were still club swimmers. The rest of the world has some good swimmers, too. Grant Hackett is one of them.   -Grant Hackett is from Australia and is 28 years old -He will be competing in the 400 meter and 1500 meter freestyle events at the Olympics -Hackett is the reigning distance king of the 2000s. -19-year old...Read Full Story

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...Read Full Story

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Canberra, Aug 1: Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has broken the decade old 1500-metres freestyle mark set by Australian great Grant Hackett.Read Full Story

Excellent underwater video of Australian Grant Hackett. Watch for his high elbow and the line of pull.Read Full Story

Desktop wallpaper of Australian Olympic swimmer Grant Hackett, one of a small collection of Australian Sports Wallpapers as well as other genres available on site.Read Full Story