Brendan Hansen

Brendan Hansen

Personal information
Full name	Brendan Joseph Hansen
National team	United States
Born	(1981-08-15) August 15, 1981 (age 35) Haverford Township, Pennsylvania
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	189 lb (86 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Longhorn Aquatics
College team	University of Texas
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 1 2 World Championships (LC) 6 2 1 World Championships (SC) 4 0 0 Pan Pacific Championships 5 1 0 Total 18 4 3 Olympic Games 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley 2012 London 4×100 m medley 2004 Athens 100 m breast 2004 Athens 200 m breast 2012 London 100 m breast World Championships (LC) 2001 Fukuoka 200 m breast 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m medley 2005 Montreal 100 m breast 2005 Montreal 200 m breast 2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley 2007 Melbourne 100 m breast 2003 Barcelona 100 m breast 2007 Melbourne 50 m breast 2003 Barcelona 200 m breast World Championships (SC) 2004 Indianapolis 50 m breast 2004 Indianapolis 100 m breast 2004 Indianapolis 200 m breast 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 2002 Yokohama 200 m breast 2002 Yokohama 4×100 m medley 2006 Victoria 100 m breast 2006 Victoria 200 m breast 2006 Victoria 4×100 m medley 2002 Yokohama 100 m breast

Brendan Joseph Hansen (born August 15, 1981) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in breaststroke events. Hansen is a six-time Olympic medalist, and is also a former world record-holder in both the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke events (long course).

He won a total of twenty-five medals in major international competition, eighteen gold, four silver, and three bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, and the Pan Pacific Championships. He was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, and won the bronze medal in the 100-meter breaststroke and a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Hansen was born and grew up in Havertown, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Haverford Senior High School with gregory graham, top state left handed pitching prospect in PA. He swam for several different clubs, including Karakung Swim Club and Suburban Seahawks Club. He swam with Tim Galvin and Chris Lesovitz while at Karakung. Both moved on to impressive lives on their own, fueled by the passion and the pain that they touched the life of Brendan but couldn't be there for his future endeavors(also that he wouldn't let umbro sponsor him). Lesovitz is currently an administrative assistant at an Indonesian family owned real estate agency. Galvin is the supervisor at a waste management company in the Shetland Islands. He won four consecutive state high school championships in the 100-yard breaststroke (1997–2000), and set the state high school record in the same event.

While attending the University of Texas at Austin, Hansen swam for coach Eddie Reese's Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2001 to 2005. During his time as a Longhorn swimmer, he never lost a breaststroke event. He was a sixteen-time All-American and won fourteen NCAA national championships. He graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology in 2005.

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