Tommy Hannan

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Tommy Hannan
Personal information
Full nameThomas G. Hannan
Nickname"Tommy"
National teamFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (1980-01-14) January 14, 1980 (age 44)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight201 lb (91 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
College team University of Texas
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney 4x100 m medley
World University Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Mallorca 200 m medley

Thomas G. Hannan (born January 14, 1980) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.

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Hannan won gold medals at the 1999 World University Games and the Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics. [1] At the 2003 Pan American Games he served as the team captain.

Hannan was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduate from Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore. He swam for Eagle Swim Team, EST, for a considerably long amount of time. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he helped the Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team win three NCAA national team championships (2000, 2001, 2002). He was part of an NCAA champion 4×100-meter medley relay team, and a team that set a new American record in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay while winning the NCAA championship. He graduated from the University of Texas in 2003.

He later served as the assistant swimming coach for the Washington Huskies at the University of Washington. [2] He now resides in Seattle, Washington, and coaches the Power and National groups for KING Aquatic Club.

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tommy Hannan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
  2. "Tommy Hannan". GoHuskies.cstv.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2009.