Tag: Grant Hackett
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Grant Hackett puts AUS$ 2.7 million home on the market
Read the Telegraph Now disgraced Olympian Grant Hackett has listed his Melbourne penthouse for $2.7 million as he prepares to divorce his wife and mother of his two children, Candice Alley. In the latest episode of the ongoing Hackett saga, the expansive three-bedroom apartment in the bustling restaurant district of Southbank was quietly placed on…
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Grant Hackett reportedly sues his former legal team over botched pre-nup
According to news.com.au, Grant Hackett has launched Supreme Court legal action against his former solicitors for drafting his pre-nuptial agreement with Candice Alley in a way that did not comply with legal requirements back when they wed in 2007, for failing to take the opportunity to fix the problem when changes were made to the…
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Business deals drying up for Grant Hackett
Grant Hackett has been dumped as ambassador for Uncle Tobys after 14 years, and Channel 9 is unlikely to re-sign him when his four-year contract finishes next month. His two-year deal with Kumho also ends next month, a spokesman for the Korean manufacturer said it is being reviewed. Read Adelaide Now
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Coach Denis Cotterell on how Grant Hackett came to happen
Interesting details in this Brisbane Times article titled “Are elite athletes born or made?“, on how coach Denis Cotterell thinks as others that champion athletes like Hackett have benefited from a series of unusual circumstances – including themselves. Hackett had already clocked 10,000 hours in the pool when he was 16 or 17, Cotterell says.…
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Police unlikely to charge Candice Alley
Off The Courier Mail: But The Sunday Telegraph understands Alley is unlikely to be charged with any offence. Buckets and Spades owner Zlata Relin said the store had spoken to Alley’s lawyers, who had promised to send a cheque for the cost of the items. Ms Relin said she had asked police not to charge…
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Hackett’s wife Candice Alley under investigation for shoplifting
Candice Alley, the singer and estranged wife of swimming star Grant Hackett, is under police investigation for allegedly shoplifting children’s designer clothing from a posh Melbourne boutique. The claim is that she took four items from a Brighton shop on June 30 and five items from a Port Melbourne shop on July 1. Among the…
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Stilnox ‘cost Grant Hackett gold’ at Beijing 2008, coach Cotterell reveals
Grant Hackett’s former coach Denis Cotterell has no doubt the controversial sleeping medication Stilnox cost the 1500 freestyle champion his third and historic Olympic gold medal. Read The Australian According to Cotterell, Hackett had slipped into an adaptation phase after swimming two astonishing broken 1500m time trials at the Australian team’s staging camp in Singapore…
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Hackett admits abuse of Stilnox at the end of his swimming career
Olympic champion Grant Hackett battled a “heavy” reliance on the controversial sleeping pill Stilnox towards the end of his swimming career, an investigation has revealed. The pills were administered by swimming officials during meets, including the Olympics. “At one point they scared me,” he said. “They’re evil. The overuse was because of a shoulder injury…