Brett Geoffrey Hawke was born on 2 June 1975 and is a former competitive swimmer who represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.
12 Facts About Brett Hawke
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Brett Hawke was the head coach of the Auburn Tigers swimming and diving team of Auburn University in the United States until 28 March 2018.
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Brett Hawke received seventeen All-American 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.
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For much of his career, Brett Hawke was regarded as the top sprinter in Australia.
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Brett Hawke is a five-time Australian national champion and former Australian record-holder in the 50-metre freestyle, which he set in the semifinals of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Brett Hawke retired from competitive swimming after the 2006 Commonwealth Games 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.
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Brett Hawke trained at The Race Club, a swimming techniques training club founded by Olympic Swimmers Gary Hall, Jr.
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Brett Hawke returned to Auburn in 2006 to serve as an assistant under his former head coach David Marsh.
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In 2009, Brett Hawke was named head coach after Quick died from an inoperable brain tumor.
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Quick and Brett Hawke were named 2009 CSCAA Coaches of the Year after the men's swimming and diving program won the national title.
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Brett Hawke became a United States citizen in 2009, saying that one of his goals is to coach the US Olympic team in future games.
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Brett Hawke was the head coach of the Auburn Tigers swimming and diving team of Auburn University in the United States until 28 March 2018 In October, 2018, Hawke joined the Fitter and Faster Team.