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  Brooke Hanson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brooke Hanson OAM (born March 18, 1978 in Manly, New South Wales) is an Australian swimmer.
A swimmer since the age of four, Hanson was the youngest swimmer on the Australian national team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she finished fourth in the 200 m breaststroke.
She was defeated by both Jade Edmistone and Leisel Jones in the 50 m and 100 m breaststroke at the Australian Championships.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brooke_Hanson   (442 words)

  
 Brooke Hanson Official Website - Australian Swimmer
Brooke's constant brilliant smile lights up a room and she has the natural ability to make people feel extremely at ease in her presence because she is genuinely interested in everyone she meets.
Brooke’s ability to divide herself between the rigours of elite sports training and competing, and undertaking a tertiary education course speaks volumes for the character of this young lady.
Brooke was on the Australian Swim Team in Fukuoka Japan for the World Championships in 2001 where she achieved an Australian Record swim in the semi-final of the 50m Breaststroke, breaking the 1998 record held by Samantha Riley.
brookehanson.com /brooke/biography.htm   (806 words)

  
 BigPond Chat - Transcripts
Brooke Hanson: That’s a good question, Ian Thorpe is the best swimmer the world has ever seen I have no doubt he can go to Japan and swim just as well over there as what he has done over here in Hobart.
Brooke Hanson: I like to concentrate on me and my own lane, although at each turn I use my peripheral vision to see where the other girls are beside me, but by focusing on my own lane I swim my own race and get the best out of myself.
Brooke Hanson: I think its a great concept of separating the boys from the girls, we do a lot of group activities all together but train with girls and I believe that this is going to help our Australian team relays succeed and hopefully beat the USA in Japan.
www.bigpond.com /chat/transcripts/Brooke_Hanson.asp   (806 words)

  
 Hanson, Jones join mutual admiration society - Swimming -
Their fierce competitiveness surfaced in Athens where Hanson pipped Jones for the silver medal in the 100 metres breaststroke before Jones took silver in the 200m ahead of the unplaced Hanson.
Jones's selection ahead of Hanson in the 4x100 medley relay team was also contentious but the pair said yesterday their differences had been fleeting and had been sorted out.
Hanson was upset when Jones was given the breaststroke leg for the medley relay final, which the team won in world-record time.
www.theage.com.au /olympics/articles/2004/09/02/1093939061302.html   (445 words)

  
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Hanson finished ranked 13th in terms of points as she had her three best tournament finishes that season in the biggest events of the year.
In 2006 she was third on the Tour in digs (5.79 per game) and ninth in aces (.67 per game) while logging her third straight year as a top 32 player.
Hanson was a four-year letterwinner at UC-Santa Barbara where she played every position except for middle blocker.
www.bvbinfo.com /Player.asp?ID=4782   (247 words)

  
 Brooke Hanson - Australian Swimmer - Aquatic Management Group
In 2004, Brooke won a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke final and was a member of the gold medal winning 4 x 100 Medley relay team at the Olympics in Athens.
Brooke went on to become the first swimmer in the history of the sport to win five individual gold medals at the one major International meet at the 2004 FINA World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis.
Brooke Hanson is one of the most sought after female athletes in Australia with her legendry smile and bubbly personality.
www.aquaticmg.com.au /brookehanson.htm   (298 words)

  
 The Albert Lea Tribune
It took quite awhile to make, but Brooke Hanson is bound to stay warm this winter, wrapped in a quilt she made almost entirely on her own.
Hanson said quilting is a good hobby because “you have something to show for it at the end.
Hanson did most of the quilting at her grandmother's house, who is also an avid quilter.
www.albertleatribune.com /articles/2005/10/20/news/news2.txt   (239 words)

  
 SI.com - More Sports - Crocker sets 50 fly record; Hanson wins again - Sunday October 10, 2004 10:02PM
Brooke Hanson of Australia won the 100 breaststroke and 200 individual medley, tying the record for most golds at a short course championships with five.
Hanson defeated teammate Jade Edmistone to win the 100 breaststroke in a meet record of 1:05.36.
Hanson returned 1 1/2 hours later to win the 200 IM in 2:09.81.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/more/10/10/bc.shortcourseswimming.ap   (783 words)

  
 "HANSON & BROOKE & THE PITABREAD HOUSE" by Paul Aronson
Hanson was always finding ways to get into trouble, running around the house singing some insipid nursery rhyme that contained the word "bop" over and over again, while his sister walked around in Calvin Klein jeans trying to get the attention of a tennis player.
Brooke took the padding out of her bra and stuffed it in her ears.
Hanson, being the hungry boy he was, promptly broke off a piece and ate it.
mysite.verizon.net /p_aronson/hansonbrooke.html   (2649 words)

  
 The Friday Flyer, November 18, 2005 - Article: Siblings take different approaches to sports
Brooke Hanson says she likes playing tennis but grades are more her thing.
Daughter Brooke, a freshman at the school, has already made her mark on the Varsity Titan girl’s tennis team and is looking forward to three more years of working with her racket and her teammates.
Brooke has a 4.0 GPA and was selected as the Most Outstanding Student at Canyon Lake Middle School as an 8th grader.
www.thefridayflyer.com /FF-2005-11-18/FFS-3238.htm   (969 words)

  
 Blue Moon Staff
Brooke is a multi-talented young woman with a pinch of mystery and suspense.
Brooke is a recent graduate of Macalester College, where she pursued film analysis and history, cultural studies, and French.
Brooke is an aspiring novelist, short story writer and poet.
www.bluemoonpro.com /staff.html   (654 words)

  
 Feud revived as Leisel's coach dunks Brooke triumph - Sport - www.smh.com.au
Hanson, 26, scooped the pool in Indianapolis by winning six gold medals and became the first swimmer to win five individual gold medals at one major meet.
Hanson felt perennial bridesmaid Jones had given her the cold shoulder after the race and tension grew between the duo.
But it was Hanson's honesty in the way she defeated Jones in the 100m trials that may have exacerbated any friction.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/10/16/1097784101361.html?from=storylhs   (438 words)

  
 Brooke Hanson's coach faces child sex charge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mark Thompson, 36, was interviewed by police last night and charged with three offences — the most serious of which was sexual penetration of a child between the age of 10 and 16.
Thompson coached Hanson to a silver medal at the Athens Olympics and six gold medals at the world short-course championships in Indianapolis last year.
In a written statement, Hanson said she had been instructed not to make any comment, but will continue to train under the club's coaching staff.
news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=65978   (432 words)

  
 In A Class All Her Own Swimming World and Junior Swimmer - Find Articles
When Brooke Hanson returned to Australia from Athens last August sporting two Olympic medals and a million-dollar smile fit to send marketeers and merchandisers into a spin, she found herself posing for snapshots at the Sydney airport with a prime minister who was working the campaign trail for all it was worth.
On Day Three, Hanson dominated the 100 IM on the strength of a blistering breaststroke leg that helped bring her a convincing 1:00.01 victory over teammate Shayne Reese and Slovakia's Martina Moravcova.
Hanson punched the air in delight after touching the wall in 2:21.68-85-hundredths ahead of Beard.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3883/is_200411/ai_n9471183   (939 words)

  
 Brooke Hanson Official Website - Australian Swimmer
In 2004, Brooke made her first Olympic Games team to Athens and went on to win a silver medal in the 100m Breaststroke and was a member of the gold medal winning medley relay team.
Brooke then returned from Athens to compete at the World Short Course Trials in Brisbane and flew from Brisbane to Indianapolis to compete at the Championships.
The women’s breaststroke events were tough as Hanson defeated the Olympic Champion in both the 100m breaststroke (Hi Qui) and the 200m breaststroke (Amanda Beard) and the world record holder in the 50m breaststroke (Jade Edmistone).
www.brookehanson.com /brooke/newsupdate.htm   (360 words)

  
 HANSON.NET [HANSON News Details]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hanson truly achieved notoriety when Glen Quagmire of “Family Guy” declared Taylor Hanson to be the ideal woman.
Hanson have returned with the independently released Underneath, which, when paired with their new image, could serve as atonement for paving the way for the boy bands of the late ’90s.
Hanson came to campus on Monday as part of a cross-country tour to support their new album.
www.hansonline.com /news/NewsItem.aspx?NewsID=2021   (993 words)

  
 Swim-City.com - Swimming Metropolis
A swimmer since the age of four, Hanson was the youngest swimmer on the Australian national team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she finished fourth in the 200m breatstroke.
However, she would not qualify for another major International competition for eight years, until she qualified for the 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
At the 2003 World Championships, she would finish second in the 50m breaststroke and sixth in the 100m breaststroke.
www.swim-city.com /swimheroes.php3?hero=brooke_hanson   (218 words)

  
 ABC Sport - Swimming - Hanson quits short course campaign
Olympic gold medallist Brooke Hanson has been forced to pull out of the remainder of the World Cup short course swimming meet in Melbourne.
Hanson has been out of action since injuring her back on Monday, but had delayed a final decision on her participation in the rest of the meet until this morning.
It is a disappointing result for Hanson, who won a record-equalling six gold medals at the World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis last month.
www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200411/s1252843.htm   (235 words)

  
 Jenny Thompson bids farewell
As Thompson was bidding an emotional farewell, Australia's Brooke Hanson was celebrating the greatest individual performance at this event with six gold medals.
The 26-year-old Australian cemented her place among the sport's greats, storming to victory in the 200m breaststroke to become the first competitor to capture six gold medals at a single short course world championships.
A gold and silver medallist in Athens, Hanson brought her Olympic form to Indianapolis, winning a record five individual events and helping Australia to victory in the 4x100m medley relay.
www.rediff.com /sports/2004/oct/12swim.htm   (601 words)

  
 Swimmers World: Swimming News, information, meet results and Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Fellow Victorian, 27-year-old Olympic silver medallist, Brooke Hanson (Nunawading, VIS) extended her National Short Course tally to a record 18 titles - the most of any Australian woman - with her successful defence of the 200 individual medley championship - following her victories in the 50m breaststroke and 100m individual medley.
Hanson's tally could easily have been 19 - but for the finishing touch of dual long course world champion Leisel Jones.
Jones pounced on Hanson to snatch the 100 metres breaststroke crown on the final touch, winning in 1:05.35 (31.43) to Hanson's 1:05.48 (31.14) - after Hanson had bounced off the blocks.
www.swimmersworld.com /index.jsp?ID=3668   (475 words)

  
 CNN.com - Hanson takes golden tally to five - Oct 11, 2004
INDIANAPOLIS, United States -- Australia's Brooke Hanson charged to two gold medals while Ian Crocker needed a world record to give the U.S. their only individual win at the world short course championships on Sunday.
A gold and silver medallist in Athens recently, she carried her Olympic form over to the U.S., adding victories in the 100m breaststroke and 200 individual medley to earlier wins in the 50 breaststroke, 100 medley and 4x100 medley relay.
Her five golds equal the championship record haul set by China's Le Jingyi in 1993 and Neil Walker of the United States in 2000.
www.cnn.com /2004/SPORT/10/11/swimming.hanson   (544 words)

  
 BYUCougars.com - BYU Softball Press Release
Hanson also ended the team's RBI leader with 20, while second baseman Jackie Ellis led the way with 22 runs scored.
Smith is the team leader, batting.314 overall in the leadoff spot, and has connected for a.333 average in conference play this season.
Hanson batted.254 in BYU's first 27 games but took advantage of a.500 batting spree in 12 games at home to lift her average over 60 points.
www.byucougars.com /Filing.jsp?ID=0000002869   (991 words)

  
 HINCH.net - The Official Derryn Hinch Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hanson’s management issued a statement saying that Hanson had been instructed not to comment but she did say “Myself and the Nunawading Swimming Club swimmers will continue to train… with our major focus on the Commonwealth Games swimming trials.”
Hanson’s manager, Gary Barclay, who is also general manager at the club said: “ I just think they need time to take it in.
To be perfectly blunt and honest I don’t give a tinker’s cuss about what this may do to Brooke Hanson’s training programme.
www.hinch.net /says_archive05/Oct05/6-10-05.htm   (266 words)

  
 Lane 9 News Archive: Brooke Hanson Sets Aussie Record in 100m Breast, as Powerhouse Team Departs for Commonwealth Games ...
In an exciting morning of swimming action, Victorian, Brooke Hanson set a new Australian All comers record in the 100 metre breaststroke.
For Hanson it signals a good start to her Commonwealth Games preparations with the 24-year-old clocking the new all comers time in 1:06.58, bettering Sam Riley's 1998 mark of 1:06.72.
Yesterday Hanson broke Helen Denman's 1998 Australian 50m short course record with a time of 30.71, then went on to win the 200.
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com /lane9/news/3964.asp   (784 words)

  
 M2006 > Athletes > Display
Despite battling illness in 2005, Brooke still managed a successful year with a bronze medal and a personal best in the 50m breaststroke at the World Championships in Montreal, and three gold and two silver medals at the 2005 Australian Short Course Championships.
It was 2004 that ended in a blaze of glory for Brooke, winning a record six gold medals at the World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis.
Earlier in the year she took out the 200m IM and finished second in the 50 and 100m breaststroke at the Telstra Trials.
www.melbourne2006.com.au /Participants/Participants?ID=109954   (199 words)

  
 The Times Plus, Monroe Times, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA
Kenneth was born June 13, 1923 in Adams Township, Green County, the son of Royal S. and Edna (Strommen) Hanson.
He attended Meadow Brook and Loyalty Country Schools and graduated from Blanchardville High School Class of 1941.
Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Sheldon Hanson.
www.themonroetimes.com /d0410pha.htm   (274 words)

  
 Hanson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hanson or Hansson is a surname, and may refer to many people.
Brooke Hanson (1978–), Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medal winner
John Hanson (1715–1783), American delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland; John Hanson (myths)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hanson   (323 words)

  
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WHITMAN A Hanson town official was critically injured in a single-car crash late Wednesday.
Angry ratepayers are set to confront NIO minister David Hanson tomorrow night at the Ulster Hall over planned hikes in rates bills.
Hanson Carol and Lonnie Hanson of Aberdeen are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary today.
www.theramonitor.com /Hal-to-Hat/hanson.php   (1248 words)

  
 United States Olympic Committee - My ego's not out of control - What you get is what you see - and it's six gold
I don't think anybody does, and it did help to fire me up a bit and I used it to my advantage," Hanson said of suggestions her ego was out of control.
Then the competitive fire carried her to Indianapolis, to a pool built inside a basketball stadium, and to the most successful meet of her career.
But Hanson looks around at American star Jenny Thompson, who retired at 31, and our own bionic butterfly Petria Thomas, who finally won individual Olympic gold in Athens at 29.
www.olympic-usa.org /132_27516.htm   (654 words)

  
 Lane 9 News Archive: World Short Course Champs, Day 5: When You’re Hot, You’re Hot; Brooke Hanson Wins 5th Individual ...
BROOKE Hanson surged on a wave of momentum to her fifth individual win of the championships, and sixth gold medal when the world record medley relay is added in.
Brooke led at the 50 (32.34), and even though Olympic winner Amanda Beard touched first at the 100 (1:08.26 Beard; 1:08.44 Hanson; 1:08.63 Mirna Jukic(AUT)), Hanson surfaced with an unmistakable lead after the pullout from that wall.
One of her great contributions to the sport was to be the leader that moved the University of Georgia women’s team over the top to multiple NCAA team titles.
www.swiminfo.com /lane9/news/8254.asp   (507 words)

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