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Brent Hayden

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Brent Matthew Hayden (born October 21, 1983) is a Canadian retired competitive swimmer. Representing Canada for a decade, Hayden is regarded as the fastest swimmer in Canadian history. Hayden won a bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a time of 47.80, and was world champion in the same event in 2007 with Filippo Magnini of Italy. By winning the 100 metre, Hayden became the first Canadian in 21 years to win a gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships, and was also the first Canadian to appear in the 100 metre final at the Olympics since Dick Pound at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in the 100 metre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brent Hayden is the 516th most popular swimmer (down from 434th in 2019), the 1,414th most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,270th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Canadian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Brent Hayden ranks 516 out of 709. Before him are Jiang Wenwen, Coralie Balmy, Yui Ohashi, Apostolos Christou, Brenton Rickard, and Svetlana Kolesnichenko. After him are Lu Ying, Siobhán Haughey, Arno Kamminga, Yury Prilukov, Giedrius Titenis, and Danila Izotov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Brent Hayden ranks 1,325. Before him are Atsushi Katagiri, Sergei Bykov, Kelly Clark, Brenton Rickard, Jason Spezza, and Patrisse Cullors. After him are Yohei Nakada, Kentoku Noborio, Lusine Gevorkyan, Gianni Munari, Plan B, and Branquinho.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Brent Hayden ranks 1,415 out of 1,622. Before him are Paul Campbell (1979), Olivier Jean (1984), Mark de Jonge (1984), Kim Boutin (1994), Jason Spezza (1983), and Jason Burnett (1986). After him are Lucas Bryant (1978), Dion Phaneuf (1985), Nick Cordero (1978), Dale Begg-Smith (1985), Zane Holtz (1987), and Calum Worthy (1991).

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Among SWIMMERS In Canada

Among swimmers born in Canada, Brent Hayden ranks 9. Before him are Anne Ottenbrite (1966), Sylvie Fréchette (1967), Carolyn Waldo (1964), Alexandre Despatie (1985), Summer McIntosh (2006), and Mark Tewksbury (1968). After him are Katerine Savard (1993), Penny Oleksiak (2000), Ryan Cochrane (1988), Kylie Masse (1996), Yuri Kisil (1995), and Rebecca Smith (2000).

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