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Brendan Hansen

    by Bob McGovern
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USA Swimming

100 Breaststroke

Havertown, PA

Austin, Texas

Aug. 15, 1981

6' 0"

Haverford High School (2000)

University of Texas (2005)

Eddie Reese

Two-time Olympian (2008, 2004) with three Olympic medals in 2004 (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) … Qualified for the 2008 Olympics by placing first in the 100m breast at Trials ... Won gold in the 100m and silver in the 50m breaststroke at the 2007 FINA World Championships ... Set three world records in the span of 20 days in August 2006, breaking the 100m breast WR once and the 200m breast WR twice … Swims 12,000 meters/yards per day, 4 hours a day, 6 days a week.

Has two tattoos – Olympic rings and a Longhorn (the name of his swim club in Texas) … Majored in Kinesiology, aiming toward a career in Communications … His father, Buzz, is an assistant manager for Verizon, and mom Miriam is a homemaker … Older brother Sean is the head swim coach and assistant athletic director at Haverford Prep … Younger sister Megan swims at Southern Connecticut … Nickname is “B” - because in the south, everyone says Brandon instead of Brendan, so he told people to call him B instead … Speaks Spanish … Owner of two dogs, Jack and Henry … First job was lifeguarding … Favorite band: Coldplay … Favorite movie: The Big Lebowski … Family tradition: Christmas Eve dinner … Hobbies include hunting, fishing, camping, going to the lake and photography … A spokesman for the the Leukemia Research Foundation, he visits hospitals, appears at fund-raisers and leads youth swim clinics to raise money for the organization.

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