Brendan Hansen
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"Brendan Joseph Hansen" is an American competition swimming (sport)/swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events. He is a six-time (three gold, one silver, two bronze) Olympic Games/Olympic medalist, and is also a former world record-holder in both the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke (long course).

He has won a total of twenty-five medals in major international competition, eighteen gold, four silver, and three bronze spanning the Olympics, the FINA World Aquatics Championships/World, and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships/Pan Pacific Championships. He was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, and won the bronze medal in the 100-meter breaststroke and a gold medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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Following last night's race I think this was a classic case of seeing what you did wrong and fixing it for the next time in the pool.

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Tonight we had a team meeting and said, 'This is going to be a red-line meet,'.

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I walked away from 2004 knowing I didn't swim my own race. This time, I didn't look around and panic. I kept my blinders on. . . . Overall, it went really well. The Texas guys started swimming fast and then everyone did.

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The last 50 wasn't there like I was hoping it would be, ... I'll take the win.

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I love the support from the crowd. I just felt driven when every time I came out of the water the crowd was shouting and cheering me on.

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I will be close to my record tomorrow night.

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It was nice to be swimming next to (Canada's) Mike Brown, because I knew the crowd was screaming for him, but I took some of the energy like it was for me. It was fun swimming tonight, and tomorrow looks to be even better.

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I think if [the score] was closer, you would have seen faster times, ... Our men's team is so strong. I think it has to do with leadership. Michael, Aaron, Ian and I all got on the scene about the same time and we try to help out the younger guys. We're young, but you're going to see some younger guys coming up. The U.S. is going to continue to dominate. You'll start to see a dynasty.

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