END OF AN ERA - GRANT HACKETT RETIRES AFTER RIO OLYMPIC DREAM DIES
Date of birth: May 9, 1980
Height: 198cm
Weight: 95kg
Club: Miami (Gold Coast)
Coach: Denis Cotterell
Olympic record:
Three gold (Sydney 2000 1,500m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay; Athens 2004 1,500m freestyle)
Three silver (Athens 2004 400m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay; Beijing 2008 1,500m freestyle)
One bronze (Beijing 2008 4x200m freestyle relay)
World titles record:
10 gold (Perth 1998 1,500m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay; Fukuoka 2001 1,500m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay; Barcelona 2003 800m freestyle, 1,500m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle; Montreal 2005 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 1,500m freestyle)
Six silver (Perth 1998 400m freestyle; Fukuoka 2001 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle; Barcelona 2003 400m freestyle; Montreal 2005 200m freestyle; Melbourne 2007 400m freestyle)
Three bronze (Barcelona 2003 200m freestyle; Montreal 2005 4x200m freestyle relay; Kazan 2015 4x200m freestyle relay)
Commonwealth Games:
Four gold (Kuala Lumper 1998 1,500m freestyle; Manchester 2002 1,500m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay)
Three silver (Kuala Lumper 1998 400m freestyle; Manchester 2002 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle)
Pan Pacific Championships:
Nine gold (Fukuoka 1997 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 1,500m freestyle; Sydney 1999 1,500m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay; Yokohama 2002 800m freestyle, 1,500m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay)
Four silver (Fukuoka 1997 4x200m freestyle relay; Sydney 1999 400m freestyle; Yokohama 2002 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle)
World short course championships:
Seven gold (Gothenberg 1997 1,500m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay; Hong Kong 1999 400m freestyle, 1,500m freestyle; Moscow 2002 400m freestyle, 1,500m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle relay)
One bronze (Gothenberg 1997 400m freestyle)
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