Tag: Grant Hackett
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Grant Hackett dragged into Rinehart feud
See 7News and read for instance The Sydney Morning Herald Mining magnate Gina Rinehart asked Olympic swimming champion Grant Hackett to convince her daughter Bianca to withdraw her nomination as trustee of the family’s $5 billion trust two days before she was to give evidence in their bitter legal dispute. Court documents show Mrs Rinehart…
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Give swimmers more post-career support, urges Brenton Rickard
Read The Sydney Morning Herald Two-time Olympic Games medallist Brenton Rickard has implored officials to build a post-career support network for Australia’s swimmers to help them transition to life out of the pool. Rickard is helping Swimming Australia create a new program to prepare athletes for retirement as three of the sport’s golden boys –…
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Grant Hackett and Stephanie Rice share growing bond
Gossip here on Mail Online Troubled Australian swimmer Grant Hackett has found a friend in Stephanie Rice. The former Olympian, who recently attended rehab in the US for sleeping pill addiction, is said to have grown close to the recently retired fellow swimmer. A report in Woman’s Day this week claims it’s common knowledge inside swimming circles that…
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Hackett: ‘As my life fell apart, I tried to hold it together with drugs’
Read Herald Sun Twelve months before Grant Hackett’s life unravelled at Melbourne’s Crown casino complex on the evening of February 21, the Olympic champion knew he was coming unstuck. Hackett’s now infamous night at the Crown, during which he was photographed by casino patrons wandering in the foyer after midnight searching for his young son…
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Grant Hackett’s former coach says team officials gave Olympian Stilnox
Read The Guardian Grant Hackett’s former coach says the Olympic swimming champion’s Stilnox addiction is the price he paid for his success in the pool. Hackett’s long-time mentor Denis Cotterell says the triple Olympic gold medallist was given the sleeping medication by team officials who didn’t tell him it was addictive until he’d been taking…
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Grant Hackett back on track after Stilnox rehab: ‘I’m proud I got help’
See Sydney Morning Herald, ninemsn, ABC, news.com.au Olympic swimming champion Grant Hackett has left rehab saying he feels proud he had the courage to seek treatment for a sleeping pill addiction.The triple gold medallist spoke about his experience at Los Angeles Airport on Wednesday for the first time since checking himself into a US rehab…
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Depression not just rampant in swimming: Mark Spitz
Read for instance zeenews Ian Thorpe`s much-publicised battle have prompted many to believe that success and depression often go hand in glove in swimming, but nine-time Olympic champion swimmer Mark Spitz feels the psychological disorder today is not just limited to his sport but rampant in other disciplines as well. The multiple American Olympic champion…
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Denis Cotterell still motivating young talent to make breakthroughs after 40 years as a swimming coach
See ABC Cotterell recalls the first time he laid eyes on a very young Grant Hackett. He was not convinced Hackett, eventually a gold medallist at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, was even the best swimmer in his family. “He was the younger brother of a very good swimmer, his older brother Craig, and I…
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Troubled stars Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett to be offered mentoring roles with Swimming Australia
Read Herald Sun Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe will be invited back into the Australian team as mentors after Swimming Australia launched a scheme to help swimmers handle the pressure of life in and out of the pool. Hackett and Thorpe are in rehabilitation to overcome personal battles they have suffered since their careers ended,…