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Giaan Rooney
Rooney in November 2012
Personal information
Full name
Giaan Leigh Rooney
National team
Australian
Born
(1982-11-15) 15 November 1982 (age 41) Brisbane, Queensland
Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight
63 kg (139 lb)
Spouse
Sam Levett (m). 2010
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Freestyle
Club
Melbourne Vicentre Australian Institute of Sport
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
2004 Athens[1]
4×100 m medley
2000 Sydney[2]
4×100 m medley
2000 Sydney
4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2001 Fukuoka
200 m freestyle
2005 Montreal[3]
50 m backstroke
2005 Montreal
4×100 m medley
2003 Barcelona
4×200 m freestyle
2003 Barcelona
4×100 m medley
World Championships – Short Course
1999 Hong Kong
4×100 m medley
2002 Moscow
4×100 m freestyle
1999 Hong Kong
4×200 m freestyle
2002 Moscow
4×200 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
1999 Sydney
4×200 m freestyle
2002 Yokohama
4×200 m freestyle
2002 Yokohama
200 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala Lumpur
100 m backstroke
1998 Kuala Lumpur
4×100 m medley
2002 Manchester
4×200 m freestyle
2006 Melbourne
50 m backstroke
2006 Melbourne
100 m backstroke
2002 Manchester
100 m backstroke
Giaan Leigh Rooney, OAM[4] (born 15 November 1982)[5] is an Australian former competitive swimmer and television personality. As a member of the Australian team in women's 4×100-metre medley relay, she won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world record at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Rooney is currently an Australian television presenter.[6]
^"2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. Archived from the original on 9 May 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
^"ESPN Sydney Swimming". Retrieved 14 March 2009.
^"Montreal 2005 Results". Archived from the original on 28 January 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2007.
^"Rooney, Giaan Leigh". It's An Honour. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
^"Giaan Rooney: Bouncing back". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2004. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^"Seven's Summer of Tennis 2018" (PDF). Seven West Media. 15 December 2017. p. 4. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
Giaan Leigh Rooney, OAM (born 15 November 1982) is an Australian former competitive swimmer and television personality. As a member of the Australian team...
relay in 2000 and 2008 as a heat swimmer, swimming the butterfly leg. "GiaanRooney". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012...
Seven Network to present the weather on Seven News in Melbourne while GiaanRooney was on maternity leave. She remained in the role until December 2014...
she, Lauren Phillips, Denis Walter and Steven Jacobs were replaced by GiaanRooney as a presenter, now on the Seven Network, from series 2 and 3.[citation...
in 2008. It is hosted by former Olympic swimmer, GiaanRooney. Knox, David (30 May 2008). "GiaanRooney to host Battlefronts". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19...
Stowers* Kim Black* 7:57.80 OR Australia (AUS) Susie O'Neill (1:58.70) GiaanRooney (1:59.37) Kirsten Thomson (2:00.13) Petria Thomas (2:00.32) Jacinta van...
November 2018. Cartwright, Lexie (13 June 2015). "Swimming Golden girl GiaanRooney to return to Gold Coast roots". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 9 November...
platform. Grant Hackett, Nicole Livingstone, Annabelle Williams and GiaanRooney alongside Matt White and Jon Harker were announced as the commentators...
Götz* Sara Harstick* 7:57.37 4 × 100 m medley relay details Australia GiaanRooney (1:01.18) OC Leisel Jones (1:06.50) Petria Thomas (56.67) Jodie Henry...
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