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Grant Hackett

1980 - Today

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Grant George Hackett OAM (born 9 May 1980) is an Australian swimmer, most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history. He also collected a gold medal in Sydney for swimming in the heats of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grant Hackett has received more than 539,807 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Grant Hackett is the 330th most popular swimmer (down from 225th in 2019), the 689th most popular biography from Australia (down from 590th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Australian Swimmer.

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  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Grant Hackett ranks 330 out of 709. Before him are Kristóf Milák, Nina Zhivanevskaya, Ona Carbonell, Massimiliano Rosolino, Bronte Barratt, and Yelena Rudkovskaya. After him are Beatrice Câșlaru, Duje Draganja, Jon Olsen, Angel Martino, Adam Peaty, and Tiffany Cohen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Grant Hackett ranks 799. Before him are Caron Butler, Satine Phoenix, Wladimir Baýramow, Przemysław Niemiec, Andrea Cossu, and Sergey Kirdyapkin. After him are Petr Elfimov, Dave Baksh, Shahin Imranov, David Lowery, Israel Castro, and Emílson Cribari.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Grant Hackett ranks 689 out of 1,143. Before him are Daniel Johns (1979), Michael Turtur (1958), Alyson Annan (1973), Allan Border (1955), Bronte Barratt (1989), and Richie Benaud (1930). After him are Simon Clarke (1986), Adam Elliot (1972), Eka Darville (1989), Paul Agostino (1975), James Troisi (1988), and Shane Kelly (1972).

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Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Grant Hackett ranks 23. Before him are David Theile (1938), Ian O'Brien (1947), Giaan Rooney (1982), Beverley Whitfield (1954), Sandra Morgan (1942), and Bronte Barratt (1989). After him are Petria Thomas (1975), Brittany Elmslie (1994), Shayne Reese (1982), Michelle Ford (1962), Libby Trickett (1985), and Linda Mackenzie (1983).

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