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Full name	Giaan Leigh Rooney
Nationality	Australia
Birth date	15 November 1982(age 27)
Birth place	Brisbane, Queensland

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Giaan Leigh Rooney OAM(born 15 November 1982) is a retired Australian swimmer. She won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world record at the Athens Olympics (Women's 4 x 100 metre Medley Relay) . Rooney is currently working as a presenter on Australian television.

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Jockey gets performance focused - Ragtrader (blog)

Ragtrader (blog)--Former Australian swim champion -Giaan Rooney- is the women's ambassador for the season. The new collections hit major department stores Myer and David Jones ... - Date : Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:38:38 GMT+00:00

Giaan says no to undies shot re-touch - NEWS.com.au

NEWS.com.au--HERE'S a new look for -Giaan Rooney-, the former world record breaking champion swimmer and winner of Olympic and Commonwealth Games swimming gold medals. ... - Date : Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:13:31 GMT+00:00

Medal Record
Women's swimming
Competitor for Australia
Gold	2004 Athens	4x100 m medley
Silver	2000 Sydney	4x100 m medley
Silver	2000 Sydney	4x200 m freestyle
World Championships - Long Course
Gold	2001 Fukuoka	200 m freestyle
Gold	2005 Montreal	50 m backstroke
Gold	2005 Montreal	4x100 m medley
Bronze	2003 Barcelona	4x100 m medley
World Championships - Short Course
Silver	1999 Hong Kong	4x100 m medley
Silver	2002 Moscow	4x100 m freestyle
Bronze	1999 Hong Kong	4x200 m freestyle
Bronze	2002 Moscow	4x200 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold	1998 Kuala Lumpur	100 m backstroke
Gold	1998 Kuala Lumpur	4x100 m medley
Silver	2006 Melbourne	50m backstroke
Silver	2006 Melbourne	100m backstroke
Silver	2002 Manchester	4x200 m freestyle
Bronze	2002 Manchester	100 m backstroke
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver	1999 Sydney	4x200 m freestyle
Silver	2002 Yokohama	4x200 m freestyle
Bronze	2002 Yokohama	200 m freestyle

Olympic Champions in Women's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1960: USA (Burke, Kempner, Schuler, von Saltza) * 1964: USA (Ferguson, Goyette, Stouder, Ellis) * 1968: USA (Hall, Ball, Daniel, Pedersen) * 1972: USA (Belote, Carr, Deardurff, Neilson) * 1976: GDR (Richter, Anke, Ender, Pollack) * 1980: GDR (Reinisch, Geweniger, Pollack, Metschuck) * 1984: USA (Andrews, Caulkins, Meagher, Hogshead) * 1988: GDR (Otto, Hörner, Weigang, Meißner) * 1992: USA (Loveless, Nall, Ahmann-Leighton, Thompson) * 1996: USA (Botsford, Beard, Martino, Van Dyken) * 2000: USA (Bedford, Quann, Thompson, Torres) * 2004: AUS (Rooney, Jones, Thomas, Henry) * 2008: AUS (Seebohm, Jones, Schipper, Trickett)

1960: USA (Burke, Kempner, Schuler, von Saltza) * 1964: USA (Ferguson, Goyette, Stouder, Ellis) * 1968: USA (Hall, Ball, Daniel, Pedersen) * 1972: USA (Belote, Carr, Deardurff, Neilson) * 1976: GDR (Richter, Anke, Ender, Pollack) * 1980: GDR (Reinisch, Geweniger, Pollack, Metschuck) * 1984: USA (Andrews, Caulkins, Meagher, Hogshead) * 1988: GDR (Otto, Hörner, Weigang, Meißner) * 1992: USA (Loveless, Nall, Ahmann-Leighton, Thompson) * 1996: USA (Botsford, Beard, Martino, Van Dyken) * 2000: USA (Bedford, Quann, Thompson, Torres) * 2004: AUS (Rooney, Jones, Thomas, Henry) * 2008: AUS (Seebohm, Jones, Schipper, Trickett)

World Long Course Champions in Women's 200 m Freestyle

1973: Keena Rothhammer (USA) * 1975: Shirley Babashoff (USA) * 1978: Cynthia Woodhead (USA) * 1982: Annemarie Verstappen (NED) * 1986: Heike Friedrich (GDR) * 1991: Hayley Lewis (AUS) * 1994: Franziska Van Almsick (GER) * 1998: Claudia Poll (CRC) * 2001: Giaan Rooney (AUS) * 2003: Alena Popchanka (BLR) * 2005: Solenne Figuès (FRA) * 2007: Laure Manaudou (FRA) * 2009: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)

1973: Keena Rothhammer (USA) * 1975: Shirley Babashoff (USA) * 1978: Cynthia Woodhead (USA) * 1982: Annemarie Verstappen (NED) * 1986: Heike Friedrich (GDR) * 1991: Hayley Lewis (AUS) * 1994: Franziska Van Almsick (GER) * 1998: Claudia Poll (CRC) * 2001: Giaan Rooney (AUS) * 2003: Alena Popchanka (BLR) * 2005: Solenne Figuès (FRA) * 2007: Laure Manaudou (FRA) * 2009: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)

World Long Course Champions in Women's 50 m Backstroke

2001: Haley Cope (USA) * 2003: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) * 2005: Giaan Rooney (AUS) * 2007: Leila Vaziri (USA) * 2009: Zhao Jing (CHN)

2001: Haley Cope (USA) * 2003: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) * 2005: Giaan Rooney (AUS) * 2007: Leila Vaziri (USA) * 2009: Zhao Jing (CHN)

Commonwealth Champions in Women's 100 m Backstroke

1930: Joyce Cooper (ENG) * 1934: Phyllis Harding (ENG) * 1938: Pat Norton (AUS) * 1950: Judy-Joy Davies (AUS) * 1954: Joan Harrison (SAF) * 1958: Judy Grinham (ENG) * 1962: Linda Ludgrove (ENG) * 1966: Linda Ludgrove (ENG) * 1970: Lynne Watson (AUS) * 1974: Wendy Cook (CAN) * 1978: Debra Forster (AUS) * 1982: Lisa Forrest (AUS) * 1986: Sylvia Hume (NZL) * 1990: Nicole Livingstone (AUS) * 1994: Nicole Stevenson (AUS) * 1998: Giaan Rooney (AUS) * 2002: Sarah Price (ENG) * 2006: Sophie Edington (AUS)

1930: Joyce Cooper (ENG) * 1934: Phyllis Harding (ENG) * 1938: Pat Norton (AUS) * 1950: Judy-Joy Davies (AUS) * 1954: Joan Harrison (SAF) * 1958: Judy Grinham (ENG) * 1962: Linda Ludgrove (ENG) * 1966: Linda Ludgrove (ENG) * 1970: Lynne Watson (AUS) * 1974: Wendy Cook (CAN) * 1978: Debra Forster (AUS) * 1982: Lisa Forrest (AUS) * 1986: Sylvia Hume (NZL) * 1990: Nicole Livingstone (AUS) * 1994: Nicole Stevenson (AUS) * 1998: Giaan Rooney (AUS) * 2002: Sarah Price (ENG) * 2006: Sophie Edington (AUS)

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