Brendan

trailsBrendan Hansen has been a champion swimmer throughout his career. He has been one of the toughest competitors. This is what the world and his competitors have been saying about him. But there are some competitions where he has faltered. But, at the same time there are some of them where he raised the bar by setting world records and that to by huge margins. Here is a look at Hansen’s performance at major trials.

2008 Olympic Trials

In 2008 Olympic swimming trials, Brendan Hansen failed to qualify for the Olympics team in 200 meter breaststroke. This came as a shocker as Hansen was a world record holder a month before the trials.

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Break-StrokeBrendan has already proved himself as one of the master’s of the breaststroke swimming. However, he has achieved this through tough training and work out sessions. Hansen has nailed down an almost perfect training routine. He dives into the pool and gives out everything he has physically and mentally; he drains himself completely and pushes to the maximum level in a bid to make himself better.

Each day Hansen comes on the training session with a mystery surrounding him as to what Eddie Reese will come up with. During peek training session, Hansen undergoes nine swim sessions per week. This includes single workouts on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; double workouts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

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break-stroke-techniqueBrendan Hansen is 2 time Olympic gold medalist and was the captain of 2008 Beijing Olympics U.S. swimming team. Brendan shares his techniques for breaststroke swimming. The equipments needed for swimming are goggles, a swimming cap, kickboard and flippers. Hansen shares the swimming benefits which involves weight loss, increases metabolic activity and aerobic threshold and there are many other benefits.

Before diving into the pool one must brush on the strokes familiar to the swimmer himself and avoid improper breathing while swimming. One should try and swim calmly and not try and speed up. Focus should be on swimming technique and not the speed. Streamline every time while pushing off the wall; this is the most important technique for beginners.

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World RankingBrendan Hansen specializes in the breaststroke and is the fastest ever. He won medals at the Olympics and is a record holder in 100 LCM breaststroke and 400 LCM and SCM medley relay. Brendan won several world championships and was the undefeated NCAA champion in the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke, during his career at the University of Texas.

2006 witnessed the greatest career high for Brendan, when he was voted Athlete of the Year by USA Swimming, after breaking three world records. He went on to set several records and acquire national titles in his career and has been one of the most popular Athletes in the genre.

His brilliant performance and unique swimming style helped him win accolades and world rankings.

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RecordsThe famous swimmer Brendan Hansen has set several records and has many achievements to his credit. Apart from winning international medals, he has many honors and records too. Brendan held the world record in 200 meter breaststroke which he set at Pan Pacific Championship in 2006. Also, he held the world record in 100 meter breaststroke that was set at ConocoPhillips National Championship in 2006.

2004 Olympic Games was one of the career highs for Brendan as he set a world record in 400 meter medley relay. He has set records in 100 meter and 200 meter breaststrokes and even 400 meter medley relay. Apart from records, he even has several honors to his credit.

During his career with the NCAA Championships, he went on to win all breaststroke events and is the only one to do so.

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