Brendan Hansen
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| Olympic medalist | |||
 Brendan Hansen |
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| Medal record | |||
| Men's swimming | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 2004 Athens | 4 x 100 m medley relay | |
| Silver | 2004 Athens | 100 m breaststroke | |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens | 200 m breaststroke | |
Brendan Joseph Hansen (born August 15, 1981 in Havertown, Pennsylvania) is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. He is 183 cm tall and weighs 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.
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 100m and 2:08.74 in the 200m.
At the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships held in Victoria, Canada [1], Hansen again lowered his world record time in the 200m breastroke to 2:08.50. It is notable that he was a quarter of a second behind his best time at the 150m mark, but he came back .6 seconds 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.
[edit] Records
Brendan's records include:
World Records
- 100 LCM Breastroke: 59.13
- 200 LCM Breastroke: 2:08.50
American Records:
- 200 SCY Breastroke: 1:51.74
NCAA Records:
- 200 SCY Breastroke: 1:52.62
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Categories: 1981 births | Living people | American breaststroke swimmers | Olympic swimmers of the United States | Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics | People from Pennsylvania | Texas Longhorns swimmers | Olympic gold medalists for the United States | Olympic silver medalists for the United States | Olympic bronze medalists for the United States | World record holders in swimming
