Brendan Hansen
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Surname: | Brendan Joseph Hansen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nation: | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swimming style (s) : | chest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Society: | Longhorn Aquatics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birthday: | August 15, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Havertown , Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Size: | 1.83 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brendan Joseph Hansen (born August 15, 1981 in Havertown , Pennsylvania ) is an American swimmer who specializes in the chest style .
Career
Hansen lives and trains in Austin , Texas . He studied there until 2005 at the University of Texas , where he received a degree in alternative medicine .
Although Hansen set new world records in the 100 m and 200 m chest in the American Olympic elimination in 2004 , he did not become an individual Olympic champion at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens . He won the silver medal in the 100 m and bronze in the 200 m breaststroke. Instead, he won gold with the 4 × 100 m tier relay in world record time. At the 2005 World Swimming Championships in Montreal , Hansen was world champion in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke and with the 4 × 100 m individual relay.
At the 2008 Olympic Games , Hansen showed a mixed performance. He was only able to win over the 100 m breaststroke and buy an Olympic ticket for Beijing , as he only finished fourth over the 200 m breaststroke and thus failed to qualify over this distance.
Records
American Records (7) | |||
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100 m chest | 00: 59.13 min | August 1, 2006 | Irvine |
200 m chest | 02: 08.50 min | August 20, 2006 | Victoria |
4 × 100 m layers (with Peirsol , Crocker and Lezak ) | 03: 30.68 min | August 21, 2004 | Athens |
200 yd chest | 01: 51.74 min | March 3, 2006 | Victoria |
4 × 50 m layers (with Peirsol , Crocker and Weber-Gale ) (short course) | 01: 34.58 min | March 26, 2004 | East Meadow |
4 × 50 yd layers (with Peirsol , Crocker and Neil Walker ) (short course) | 01: 24.00 min | March 4, 2006 | Austin |
4 × 100 yd layers (with Peirsol , Crocker and Neil Walker ) (short course) | 03: 02.94 min | March 4, 2006 | Austin |
US Open Records (5) | |||
100 m chest | 00: 59.13 min | August 1, 2006 | Irvine |
200 m chest | 02: 08.74 min | August 15, 2006 | Irvine |
4 × 100 m layers (with Peirsol , Crocker and Lezak ) (short course) | 03: 25.09 min | October 11, 2004 | Indianapolis |
200 yd chest | 01: 51.74 min | March 3, 2006 | Victoria |
4 × 100 yd layers (with Peirsol , Crocker and Neil Walker ) (short course) | 03: 02.94 min | March 4, 2006 | Austin |
(As of August 6, 2010) |
Web links
- Fan by Brendan Hansen (English)
- Brendan Hansen in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Brendan Hansen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Hansen, Brendan |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hansen, Brendan Joseph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Havertown , Pennsylvania , United States |