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Brent Hayden

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Brent Matthew Hayden (born October 21, 1983) is a Canadian retired competitive swimmer. Representing Canada for a decade, Hayden is regarded as the fastest swimmer in Canadian history. Hayden won a bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a time of 47.80, and was world champion in the same event in 2007 with Filippo Magnini of Italy. By winning the 100 metre, Hayden became the first Canadian in 21 years to win a gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships, and was also the first Canadian to appear in the 100 metre final at the Olympics since Dick Pound at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in the 100 metre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Brent Hayden is the 587th most popular swimmer (down from 436th in 2024), the 1,526th most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,269th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Canadian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Brent Hayden ranks 587 out of 709. Before him are Coralie Balmy, Raika Fujii, Yui Ohashi, Apostolos Christou, Brenton Rickard, and Svetlana Kolesnichenko. After him are Răzvan Florea, Lu Ying, Siobhán Haughey, Arno Kamminga, Yury Prilukov, and Giedrius Titenis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Brent Hayden ranks 1,476. Before him are Kelly Clark, Hu Jia, Nurbakyt Tengizbayev, Brenton Rickard, Jason Spezza, and Patrisse Cullors. After him are Yohei Nakada, Ivan Stoyanov, Mahdi Karim, Kentoku Noborio, Lusine Gevorkyan, and Tanya Chisholm.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Brent Hayden ranks 1,527 out of 1,622. Before him are Mark de Jonge (1984), Kim Boutin (1994), Thomas Hall (1982), Jason Spezza (1983), Jason Burnett (1986), and Maxim Lapierre (1985). After him are Lucas Bryant (1978), Dion Phaneuf (1985), Tasya Teles (1985), Lyndon Rush (1980), Nick Cordero (1978), and David Bissett (1979).

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Among SWIMMERS In Canada

Among swimmers born in Canada, Brent Hayden ranks 13. Before him are Christine Larsen (1967), Alexandre Despatie (1985), Summer McIntosh (2006), Michelle Cameron (1962), Mark Tewksbury (1968), and Karen Clark (1972). After him are Katerine Savard (1993), Penny Oleksiak (2000), Ryan Cochrane (1988), Sandrine Mainville (1992), Kylie Masse (1996), and Yuri Kisil (1995).

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