Brenden Hall

With four Paralympic campaigns under his belt, Brenden Hall is a seasoned veteran.

Brenden first experienced the buzz of a Paralympic Games in 2008. Although he was the second youngest athlete on the Australian Paralympic Team, Brenden broke a Paralympic record in the men’s 400m freestyle S9 and placed fifth in the hotly contested final, which also featured Australia’s most prolific gold medallist in Matthew Cowdrey.

But it was another four years before Brenden really came of age. The freestyle expert hit his peak at just the right time to win a gold medal in the men’s 400m freestyle S9 at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. He also won a gold and bronze medal as a member of the men’s 4x100m freestyle 34 Points and men’s 4x100m medley 34 Points relay teams.

More than three decades have now passed since Brenden lost his right leg to chicken pox in 1999. In that time, he has competed at three Paralympic Games and won six Paralympic medals. He is an eight-time world champion, three-time Commonwealth Games medallist, and the reigning world record holder in the men’s 400m freestyle S9, men’s 800m freestyle S9 and men’s 1500m freestyle S9.

Competing at his fourth Paralympic Games at Tokyo 2020, Brenden finished fourth in the men’s 400m freestyle S9 in a time of 4:14.48. He finished in eighth in the men’s 100m backstroke S9, touching the wall in 1:05.90. In the men’s 100m butterfly S9, he finished 12th in the heats with a 1:04.70.