Brenden Hall Explained

Brenden Hall
Fullname:Brenden Hall
Nicknames:Junior
Nationality:Australian
Classification:S9, SB8, SM9
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:USC Spartans
Coach:Casey Atkins
Birth Date:1993 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Nambour, Queensland

Brenden Hall, (born 27 May 1993) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer who won two gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he won one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.[1] He has been selected to compete at 2024 Summer Paralympics, his fifth games.[2]

Personal

Hall was born on 27 May 1993 in the Queensland town of Nambour.[3] At the age of six, he had his right leg amputated after complications from chicken pox.[3] The disease also resulted in the loss of 70% of his hearing.[3] Initially he was reliant on a wheelchair but in the mid-2000s he was fitted with a prosthetic leg. Hall said "didn't really care how I walked, just that I could walk". Hall attended Petrie State School.[4] In 2017, he completed a Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Queensland.[5] He is completing a Bachelor of Physiotherapy at the Australian Catholic University.[6] He is an ambassador for the Aspiration for Kids programme.[3] and Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association's Game Changers.[7] He lives on the Sunshine Coast with his partner Brittany Daniec and son Bodhi.[8]

Career

Before his amputation, he was a member of a mini development squad and returned to swimming after his amputation had healed.[4] He made his international swimming debut at the 2007 Arafura Games.[9] He was the youngest male on the Australian swimming team at the 2008 Beijing Games.[9] He competed in the Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 and came 5th in the final. He broke the Paralympic record in his heat.[9] At the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven he won gold medals in the Men's 400m Freestyle S9, Men's 5 km Open Water S1-S10, Men's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points (Heat) Men's 4 x 100 m Medley Relay 34 points (Heat).[3] [10] In 2011, at the Queensland Swimming Championships he broke world records in the 800 m and 1500 m Freestyle events.[9]

At the 2012 London Games, Hall won two gold medals in the Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 and Men's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points and a bronze medal in the Men's 4 x 100 m Medley Relay 34 points.[11] [12] He also participated in the S9 class of the Men's 100 m Backstroke, 100 m Butterfly S9, 100 m Freestyle and 50 m Freestyle events – as well as the 200 m Individual Medley SM9.[12]

, Hall holds S9 world records in the 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events.[13] Competing at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he won two gold medals in the Men's 400m Freestyle S9 and Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay (34 points).[14] He broke the world record in winning the Men's 400m Freestyle S9.[15]

At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, Hall won the gold medals in the Men's 100 m Backstroke S9 and Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 and bronze medals in the Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 and Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points.[16] [17] [18] [19] He finished fifth in the Men's 50m Freestyle S9, fifth in the Men's 100m Butterfly S9 and sixth in the Men's 200m Individual Medley SM9.[20]

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Hall won the gold medal in the Men's 400 m Freestyle S9, silver medal in the Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 and bronze medal in the Men's 100 m Backstroke S9. He also competed in the following events: Men's 100m Butterfly S9 finishing fourth, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay (34 points) placing fourth, Men's 200m Individual Medley SM9 where he was disqualified and Men's 50m Freestyle S9 not progressing to the finals.[21]

In preparation for Rio, Hall stated: "The fire's there. I love being in the water. I'm just aiming to have a good Games and defend the 400m. My training is based around the 400m. That's the one I want to do best in."[22] After winning the gold medal at Rio, Hall says: "We're very excited, very relieved, I think the party's only begun tonight, but still got about five events to go, so hopefully we'll figure again."[23]

At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, Hall won the silver medal in the Men's 400 m Freestyle S9.[24]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Hall competed in three events but did not medal.[25] He reached the final of the 400 m freestyle S9 and come fourth. He also reached the final of the 100 m backstroke S9 and came eighth. He did not advance to the final of the 100 m butterfly S9.[26]

Hall won the bronze medal in the Men's 400 m Freestyle at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships, Madeira.[27]

At the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, he finished 5th in the Men's 100m Backstroke S9.[28] [29] Hall won the bronze medal in the Men's 400 m Freestyle at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships, Manchester, England.

Hall has a been selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France - his fifth Summer Paralympics. [30]

In 2024, he is coached by Casey Atkins at USC Spartans at the University of the Sunshine Coast.[31]

Recognition

Hall was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[32] In 2015, he won the Queensland Athlete with a Disability Award, the third time he had won this award.[33] 2024 Paris Paralympics Opening Ceremony Flag Bearer with Madison de Rozario.[34]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming Australia Paralympic Squad Announcement. Swimming Australia News. 13 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161113144330/http://www.swimming.org.au/NewsCentral/Swimming-Australia-Paralympic-Squad-Announcement.aspx. 13 November 2016. dead.
  2. Web site: 16 June 2021. Paralympics Australia Names Powerful Para-Swimming Team For Tokyo. live. 20 June 2021. Paralympics Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20210616114345/https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/06/paralympics-australia-names-powerful-para-swimming-team-for-tokyo/ . 16 June 2021 .
  3. Web site: Athlete Profile – Brenden Hall. International Paralympic Committee Website. 4 September 2012. 2 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202101607/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=-1&personid=851216. dead.
  4. News: Lawrence. Ellisa. Paralympics 2016: We're the Superhumans – Queensland's champions. 5 September 2016. Courier Mail. 5 September 2016.
  5. Web site: Brenden Hall. University of Queensland Sport Scholarship Holders. 4 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120814171938/http://www.uqsport.com.au/2012-scholarship-holders-information#brenden_hall. 14 August 2012. dead.
  6. Web site: 19 May 2021. Life beyond the pool important for Hall. live. 21 June 2021. Swimming Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204657/https://www.swimming.org.au/news-articles/life-beyond-pool-important-hall . 24 June 2021 .
  7. Web site: Changing lives through sharing stories. Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association website. 16 April 2016. 28 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160428020956/http://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/changing-lives-through-sharing-stories/. dead.
  8. Web site: 29 July 2022 . Brenden’s Hall of fame career builds through right supports . 15 June 2024 . NDIS.
  9. Web site: Brenden Hall. Australian Paralympic Committee Website. 4 September 2012.
  10. Web site: 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships Results. International Paralympic Committee Website. 4 September 2012. 7 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170407104603/https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/document/120801093901000_2010%2BIPC%2BSw%2BWCh%2BEindhoven%2Bcomplete%2Bresults_0.pdf. dead.
  11. Web site: Brenden Hall – Athlete Results. London 2012 Paralympic Games. 9 September 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120904234845/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/hall-brenden-5516187/events/. 4 September 2012.
  12. Web site: Brenden Hall . Paralympic.org . . 6 October 2012.
  13. http://www.paralympic.org/sdms/web/sw/record.pdf.sw.php?xml=0&rct=RCTWR&dis=LC&gen=M&evt= IPC Swimming World Records – Long Course
  14. Web site: Men's relay team back it up in Montreal. Swimming Australia News. 16 August 2013. 16 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150312132320/https://vicentre.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=14261&id=2. 12 March 2015.
  15. Web site: Twenty-seven medals for the Australian swim team in Montreal . Swimming Australia News . 19 August 2013 . 20 August 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110221422/http://www.swimming.org.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsItem&NewsID=38220 . 10 November 2013 .
  16. Web site: Ellie's world record double in golden start for Dolphins in Glasgow . Swimming Australia News, 14 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150714080307/http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=76618&id=2 . 14 July 2015 .
  17. Web site: World record for 13-year-old Tiffany Thomas-Kane as Dolphins light up the pool in Glasgow 15 July . Swimming Australia News, 15 July 2015 . 15 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150716062635/http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=76725&id=2 . 16 July 2015 .
  18. Web site: Aussies unite for a nail biting bronze medal win in the men's relay . Swimming Australia News, 18 July 2015 . 18 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150721093720/http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=77051&id=2 . 21 July 2015 .
  19. Web site: Two world records for China, four more fall at Glasgow 2015. International Paralympic Committee8 July 2015. 18 July 2015.
  20. Web site: Brenden Hall results. Glasgow 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships. 21 July 2015.
  21. Web site: Swimming results . Rio Paralympics official website . 10 September 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160909125906/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/swimming-schedule-and-results . 9 September 2016 .
  22. Web site: Crockford. Nick. Paralympian Brenden Hall lapping up the pressure of being world record holder at Rio Paralympic Games. The Courier Mail. 23 October 2016.
  23. Web site: Mason. Jamie-Leigh. Petrie's Brenden Hall wins gold in 400m freestyle S9 final at Rio Paralympic Games. The Courier Mail. 23 October 2016.
  24. Web site: Brenden Hall. 2019 World Para Swimming Championships Results. 14 September 2019.
  25. Web site: Brenden Hall. live. 8 October 2021. Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20211008041049/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1498322-hall-brenden.htm . 8 October 2021 .
  26. Web site: Australian Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2021 . 2022-07-16 . The Roar . en-US.
  27. Web site: Grant Patterson . 27 June 2022 . 2022 World Para Swimming Championships.
  28. Web site: 5 May 2022 . Cole, Patterson And Levy Amongst Stars Of The Pool Ready To Splash And Dash In Birmingham . 6 May 2022 . Commonwealth Games Australia.
  29. Web site: 2022 Commonwealth Games Results . 15 August 2022 . Commonwealth Games Australia. 17 June 2020 .
  30. Web site: 14 June 2024 . Paralympics Australia Names Swimming Team For Paris 2024 Games . 15 June 2024 . Paralympics Australia.
  31. Web site: 2024 Australian Championships - Queenslandresults . 15 June 2024 . Queensland Swimming.
  32. News: . Australia Day honours list 2014: in full . 26 January 2014 . 26 January 2014.
  33. Web site: 21st Annual Queensland Sport Awards. QSport website. 30 November 2015. 1 December 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208112317/http://www.qsport.org.au/_dbase_upl/MediaRelease1December2015.pdf. 8 December 2015.
  34. Web site: 2024-07-12 . Flag bearers named as superstar Paralympians get nod . 2024-07-12 . Nine . en.

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