What is Grant Hackett?
[[File:Olympian Grant Hackett takes the Pledge (34690236782) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Hackett in May 2017]] '''Grant George Hackett''' {{Small|[[Order of Australia|OAM]]}} (born 9 May 1980) is a former [[Australia]]n [[swimmer]]. He is best known for winning the men's 1500 metres [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] race at both the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]] and the 2004 [[Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]]. He retired after the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]. Hackett was born in [[Southport, Queensland|Southport]] of the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Queensland]]. He was married to singer [[Candice Alley]] from 2007 to 2013. The couple have [[twin]] children, born in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/grant-hacketts-twins-joy/news-story/85b3dae2fd74e35074d57b7ad07d7d32|title=Grant Hackett's twins joy|work=[[Herald Sun]]|date=21 April 2009|access-date=16 February 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|id=0352456}} * [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/grant-hackett-1.html Grant Hackett] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120073920/http://sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/grant-hackett-1.html |date=2008-11-20 }} at Sports-Reference.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Hackett, Grant}} [[Category:1980 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Australia]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Australia]] [[Category:Australian swimmers]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Queensland]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}