Brett Geoffrey Hawke (born 2 June 1975) is a former competitive

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who represented Australia at the

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and

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. He was the head coach of the

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team of

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in the United States until 28 March 2018.

Swimming career

Hawke received an athletic scholarship to attend

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, and swam for the

team in

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(NCAA) and

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(SEC) competition from 1996 to 1999. He received seventeen

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honors and was a nine-time NCAA individual champion, and helped Auburn win two national team championships in his three years as a student-athlete. Hawke returned to Australia in 1999. For much of his career, Hawke was regarded as the top sprinter in Australia. He is a five-time Australian national champion and former Australian record-holder in the 50-metre freestyle (22.07), which he set in the semifinals of the 2004 Summer Olympics. Hawke retired from competitive swimming after the

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in Melbourne, where he won the bronze in the 50-metre freestyle and a silver medal as a member of the second-place Australian team in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay. Hawke finished his career with seven international medals. Hawke trained at

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, a swimming techniques training club founded by Olympic Swimmers Gary Hall, Jr. and his father, Gary Hall, Sr. The Race Club, originally known as "The World Team," was designed to serve as a training group for elite swimmers across the world in preparation for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. To be eligible to train with the Race Club, a swimmer must either have been ranked in the top 20 in the world the past 3 calendar years or top 3 in their nation in the past year. The Race Club included such well known swimmers as

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, Mark Foster,

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, and

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Coaching career

Hawke returned to Auburn in 2006 to serve as an assistant under his former head coach David Marsh. In 2007, Marsh left Auburn and was replaced by

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. In 2009, Hawke was named head coach after Quick died from an inoperable brain tumor. Quick and Hawke were named 2009 CSCAA Coaches of the Year after the men's swimming and diving program won the national title. He became a United States citizen in 2009, saying that one of his goals is to coach the U.S. Olympic team in future games. He was the head coach of the

team of

in the United States until 28 March 2018 In October, 2018, Hawke joined the Fitter and Faster Team. On Tuesday, May 20th, 2025, Hawke was named Head Swim Coach of the Enhanced Games.

References

External links

Auburn Tigers bio: Brett HawkeArena coaches - Brett Hawke
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawke, Brett 1975 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Australia Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Auburn Tigers swimming coaches Auburn Tigers men's swimmers Australian expatriate swimmers in the United States Swimmers from Sydney Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games swimmers for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Australian swimming coaches Australian male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Goodwill Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games 21st-century Australian sportsmen Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from New South Wales Enhanced Games

Swimming career

Coaching career

See also

References

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