Grant Hackett is an Australian swimmer who won the men's 1500 metre freestyle at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, an achievement that places him among the greatest distance swimmers in history. He also earned a gold medal at Sydney by swimming in the heats of the 4x200 metre freestyle relay. He held long course world records at 200, 800 and 1500 metres, and he was undefeated in the 1500 metre final from 1996 to the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, winning ten long course world championship gold medals. He captained the Australian team until retiring in 2008. He was born on 9 May 1980.
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is an Australian swimmer
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In total, he won 10 long-course world championship gold medals
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is an Australian swimmer
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winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
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the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
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