Tag: Grant Hackett
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Sprenger calls on Hackett to mentor the Australian swim team
Read The Age London Olympic silver medallist Christian Sprenger has called for former champion Grant Hackett to return to the Australian swim team as a mentor, to help fill the leadership gap and develop a new team captain. […] ”I have a lot of respect for [Hackett] and so did the team members back then,”…
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Grant Hackett offers to mentor troubled Aussie squad
Read CourierMail Grant Hackett has offered to mentor troubled swimming stars, including James Magnussen, to help the sport move forward from the London Olympics debacle. “It would be getting together and talking and just opening up the dialogue, so we can understand what is going on. We’ve been through it all before ourselves, there’s a…
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Hackett slams treatment of the Aussie relay
March 17, 2013: Grant Hackett has slammed Swimming Australia for making the men’s freestyle relay squad front a media conference over their stilnox use. See ninemsn
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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…