Brendan Hansen

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Medal record
Men's Swimming
Competitor for Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens[1] 4x100 m medley relay
Silver 2004 Athens 100 m breaststroke
Bronze 2004 Athens 200 m breaststroke
World Championsips - Long Course
Gold 2001 Fukuoka 200 m breaststroke
Gold 2005 Montreal[2] 100 m breaststroke
Gold 2005 Montreal 200 m breaststroke
Gold 2005 Montreal 4 x 100 m medley relay
Silver 2007 Melbourne[3] 50 m breaststroke
Gold 2007 Melbourne 100 m breaststroke
World Championships - Short Course
Gold 2004 Indianapolis[4] 50 m breaststroke
Gold 2004 Indianapolis 100 m breaststroke
Gold 2004 Indianapolis 200 m breaststroke
Gold 2004 Indianapolis 4 x 100 m medley relay
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold 2006 Victoria 100 m Breaststroke
Gold 2006 Victoria 200 m Breaststroke
Gold 2006 Victoria 4x100 m Medley

Brendan Joseph Hansen (born August 15, 1981 in Havertown, Pennsylvania) is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. He is 6'0" (183 cm) tall and weighs 189 lb (86 kg).

Despite setting the world record in the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke at the 2004 U.S. Olympic trials, he did not manage to win a gold medal in either event at the 2004 Summer Olympics, as he settled for silver in the 100 and bronze in the 200. He would win a gold in those games for his role in the world-record setting 4 x 100 medley relay. His split on the relay turned out to be one of the fastest in history.

At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, Hansen won gold in the same three events that he participated in at the 2004 Olympics.

Hansen's well-known for his unique style of breaststroke, which incorporates a kick that is much narrower than the other swimmers, including his biggest rival, Kosuke Kitajima from Japan, who took gold in both the 100 m and 200 m Breaststroke in 2004 Athens Olympic Games. However, Hansen owns the long course World Records in both events.

At the 2006 ConocoPhillips National Championships, Hansen lowered both his world records in the 100 meter and 200 meter breaststroke to 59.13 in the 100 m and 2:08.74 in the 200 m.

At the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships held in Victoria, Canada [1], Hansen again lowered his world record time in the 200 m breaststroke to 2:08.50. It is notable that he was a quarter of a second behind his best time at the 150 m mark, but he came back 0.6 second faster with a 33.38.

Hansen has set numerous NCAA records while swimming for the University of Texas at Austin. He graduated in 2005 with a degree in kinesiology.

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[edit] Records

Brendan's records include:

  • World Records:
    • 100 m (LC) Breaststroke: 59.13
    • 200 m (LC) Breaststroke: 2:08.50
    • 200 yd (SC) Breaststroke: 1:51.74
  • NCAA Records:
    • 200 yd (SC) Breaststroke: 1:52.62

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2004 Olympic Games swimming results. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
  2. ^ Montreal 2005 Results. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
  3. ^ 12th FINA World Championships. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
  4. ^ 7th FINA World Championships - 25m Indianapolis 2004. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
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Olympic champions in men's 4x100 m medley relay

1960: USA (McKinney, Hait, Larson, Farrell) | 1964: USA (Thompson Mann, Craig, Schmidt, Clark) | 1968: USA (Hickcox, McKenzie, Russell, Walsh) | 1972: USA (Stamm, Bruce, Spitz, Heidenreich) | 1976: USA (Naber, Hencken, Vogel, Montgomery) | 1980: Australia (Kerry, Evans, Tonelli, Brooks) | 1984: USA (Carey, Lundquist, Morales, Gaines) | 1988: USA (Berkoff, Schroeder, Biondi, Jacobs) | 1992: USA (Rouse, Diebel, Morales, Olsen) | 1996: USA (Rouse, Linn, Henderson, Hall, Jr.) | 2000: USA (Krayzelburg, Moses, Crocker, Hall, Jr.) | 2004: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak)

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