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]
Giaan Rooney
Rooney in November 2012
Personal information
Full name
Giaan Leigh Rooney
National team
Australian
Born
(1982-11-15) 15 November 1982 (age 40) Brisbane, Queensland
Giaan is married to Sam Levett. On 17 March 2014, Rooney gave birth to her first child, a boy,[8] and on 14 June 2017 a girl.[9]
Swimming career
Rooney's career began at age 11 at the Miami club in Queensland, where she was coached by Denis Cotterell. Training partners there included Grant Hackett and Daniel Kowalski. In 2002 Rooney moved to Melbourne, coached by Ian Pope at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.[10] Training partners included Matt Welsh, Michael Klim (who was also her boyfriend for two years) and Brett Hawke.[10]
Rooney made her international swimming debut for Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, where she won a gold medal in the 100 m backstroke as a 15-year-old.[11] Rooney was also part of Australia's gold medal-winning 4×100-metre medley relay team at the 1998 Games.[12]
At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney Rooney won two silver medals as a part of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay (with Kirsten Thomson, Susie O'Neill and Petria Thomas) and 4×100-metre medley relay (swam in morning preliminary session).[13]
In 2001 Rooney claimed the world champion title in the 200 m freestyle, winning at the 2001 Fukuoka World Swimming Championships in Japan.[14] This meet was also widely remembered for the disqualification of the Australian women's team after they jumped in the water to celebrate apparent victory in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay: the team of Elka Graham, Petria Thomas and Linda Mackenzie joined anchor swimmer Rooney in the water to celebrate their win, but as it was before all other competitors had finished the event, they were disqualified. Furthermore, the team found out about their disqualification while they were giving a post race interview for television.[15][16]
Rooney competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, winning silver in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay (with Elka Graham, Rebecca Creedy and Petria Thomas) and bronze in the 100-metre backstroke.[17]
In 2004 Rooney won a gold medal in world record time at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the women's 4×100-metre Medley Relay.[13] Rooney swam a personal best and new Australian record time of 1:01.18 to help Australia to the gold – the maiden victory by Australia in this event in Olympic history.
After the withdrawal of Grant Hackett from the 2006 Commonwealth Games due to injury, Rooney was appointed as the captain of the national swimming team.[7] She won a silver medal behind teammate Sophie Edington in the 100-metre backstroke, and qualified fastest for the 50-metre backstroke. However, she was upset by Edington by 0.01 of a second, again winning a silver medal. There is, however, conjecture about that official result with video suggesting Rooney touched first but did not activate the timing pad immediately.[18] Rooney retired from competitive swimming after this meet.[7]
Television career
Rooney has performed on television with appearances on Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice competition and holiday season weather presenter on Nine Network's Today, filling in for Steven Jacobs, despite having no experience or qualification in meteorology.
Giaan also appeared as a presenter on the Nine Network's television health series What's Good For You (2007), Getaway (2007–08) and Battlefronts (2009).[19] She also attended Bond University as a sporting scholar.[20]
In 2010, Rooney was appointed as host of the Victorian edition of 'Postcards', a local travel series broadcast on the Nine Network replacing Suzie Wilks, and in 2011, Nine Network appointed her as occasional host of their Sunday sports program Nine's Wide World of Sports.[21]
In December 2012, Rooney joined the Seven Network as a fill-in weather presenter on Seven News Melbourne while David Brown was on holidays, and in February 2013, she was appointed regular weather presenter on Seven News Melbourne replacing Brown who became network meteorologist.[22] In January 2014, Rooney went on maternity leave, and was replaced by Jo Silvagni.[23] She returned from maternity leave in June 2014 to present weather on weekends.
In February 2015, Rooney resigned as weekend weather presenter on Seven News Melbourne, and in October 2015 she became sports anchor for Seven News Brisbane.[24] No longer in this role, she remains part of the Seven Network's news and sport division.[6]
^ ab"Giaan Rooney". Australian Olympic Committee. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^"9th FINA World Swimming Championships: Results: 200m W Freestyle". Fédération Internationale de Natation. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^"2001 | Australia | Disqualification | Womens 4x200m Free | Graham McKenzie Thomas Rooney | 2 of 2". Retrieved 8 March 2022 – via YouTube.
^Saltau, Chloe (28 July 2003). "Olympic start in doubt as medley team disqualified". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^"Individual Silver and Bronze Medallists". Swimming Australia. Swimming Australia. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^"Officials check claims Rooney robbed of gold in timing blunder". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 April 2006.
^Starke, Petra (21 October 2009). "Giaan Rooney hosts Battlefronts". News.com.au. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^Bond University (2008). Games Fever!. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
^Byrne, Fiona (18 January 2011). "Bali getaway seals marriage proposal for Giaan Rooney". Herald-Sun. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^Duck, Siobhan (3 February 2013). "Weatherman David Brown dumped in favour of former swimmer Giaan Rooney". Sunday Herald-Sun. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^"Jane Bunn back on Victorian television nightly from next month". Weekly Times. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^Crane, Kris (1 October 2015). "Giaan Rooney to be sports anchor for Seven Brisbane". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^Brain, Anna (3 April 2018). "Why Giaan is happy to be on drier ground". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Giaan Rooney news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 Giaan RooneyRooney in November 2012Personal informationFull nameGiaan Leigh RooneyNational teamAustralianBorn 1982 11 15 15 November 1982 age 40 Brisbane QueenslandHeight1 75 m 5 ft 9 in Weight63 kg 139 lb Spouse s Sam Levett m 2010SportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyleClubMelbourne VicentreAustralian Institute of SportMedal record Women s swimmingRepresenting AustraliaOlympic Games2004 Athens 1 4 100 m medley2000 Sydney 2 4 100 m medley2000 Sydney 4 200 m freestyleWorld Championships LC 2001 Fukuoka 200 m freestyle2005 Montreal 3 50 m backstroke2005 Montreal 4 100 m medley2003 Barcelona 4 200 m freestyle2003 Barcelona 4 100 m medleyWorld Championships Short Course1999 Hong Kong 4 100 m medley2002 Moscow 4 100 m freestyle1999 Hong Kong 4 200 m freestyle2002 Moscow 4 200 m freestylePan Pacific Championships1999 Sydney 4 200 m freestyle2002 Yokohama 4 200 m freestyle2002 Yokohama 200 m freestyleCommonwealth Games1998 Kuala Lumpur 100 m backstroke1998 Kuala Lumpur 4 100 m medley2002 Manchester 4 200 m freestyle2006 Melbourne 50 m backstroke2006 Melbourne 100 m backstroke2002 Manchester 100 m backstroke Contents 1 Personal life 2 Swimming career 3 Television career 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPersonal life EditRooney was born in Brisbane and moved to the Gold Coast at age 8 where she attended Miami State Primary School and All Saints Anglican School 7 Giaan is married to Sam Levett On 17 March 2014 Rooney gave birth to her first child a boy 8 and on 14 June 2017 a girl 9 Swimming career EditRooney s career began at age 11 at the Miami club in Queensland where she was coached by Denis Cotterell Training partners there included Grant Hackett and Daniel Kowalski In 2002 Rooney moved to Melbourne coached by Ian Pope at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre 10 Training partners included Matt Welsh Michael Klim who was also her boyfriend for two years and Brett Hawke 10 Rooney made her international swimming debut for Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal in the 100 m backstroke as a 15 year old 11 Rooney was also part of Australia s gold medal winning 4 100 metre medley relay team at the 1998 Games 12 At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney Rooney won two silver medals as a part of the 4 200 metre freestyle relay with Kirsten Thomson Susie O Neill and Petria Thomas and 4 100 metre medley relay swam in morning preliminary session 13 Rooney at the 2011 Australian Grand Prix In 2001 Rooney claimed the world champion title in the 200 m freestyle winning at the 2001 Fukuoka World Swimming Championships in Japan 14 This meet was also widely remembered for the disqualification of the Australian women s team after they jumped in the water to celebrate apparent victory in the 4 200 metre freestyle relay the team of Elka Graham Petria Thomas and Linda Mackenzie joined anchor swimmer Rooney in the water to celebrate their win but as it was before all other competitors had finished the event they were disqualified Furthermore the team found out about their disqualification while they were giving a post race interview for television 15 16 Rooney competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester England winning silver in the 4 200 metre freestyle relay with Elka Graham Rebecca Creedy and Petria Thomas and bronze in the 100 metre backstroke 17 In 2004 Rooney won a gold medal in world record time at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the women s 4 100 metre Medley Relay 13 Rooney swam a personal best and new Australian record time of 1 01 18 to help Australia to the gold the maiden victory by Australia in this event in Olympic history After the withdrawal of Grant Hackett from the 2006 Commonwealth Games due to injury Rooney was appointed as the captain of the national swimming team 7 She won a silver medal behind teammate Sophie Edington in the 100 metre backstroke and qualified fastest for the 50 metre backstroke However she was upset by Edington by 0 01 of a second again winning a silver medal There is however conjecture about that official result with video suggesting Rooney touched first but did not activate the timing pad immediately 18 Rooney retired from competitive swimming after this meet 7 Television career EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Giaan Rooney news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Rooney has performed on television with appearances on Torvill and Dean s Dancing on Ice competition and holiday season weather presenter on Nine Network s Today filling in for Steven Jacobs despite having no experience or qualification in meteorology Giaan also appeared as a presenter on the Nine Network s television health series What s Good For You 2007 Getaway 2007 08 and Battlefronts 2009 19 She also attended Bond University as a sporting scholar 20 In 2010 Rooney was appointed as host of the Victorian edition of Postcards a local travel series broadcast on the Nine Network replacing Suzie Wilks and in 2011 Nine Network appointed her as occasional host of their Sunday sports program Nine s Wide World of Sports 21 In December 2012 Rooney joined the Seven Network as a fill in weather presenter on Seven News Melbourne while David Brown was on holidays and in February 2013 she was appointed regular weather presenter on Seven News Melbourne replacing Brown who became network meteorologist 22 In January 2014 Rooney went on maternity leave and was replaced by Jo Silvagni 23 She returned from maternity leave in June 2014 to present weather on weekends In February 2015 Rooney resigned as weekend weather presenter on Seven News Melbourne and in October 2015 she became sports anchor for Seven News Brisbane 24 No longer in this role she remains part of the Seven Network s news and sport division 6 In April 2018 Rooney was part of the Seven Network s 2018 Commonwealth Games commentary team 25 As the Seven Network in late 2019 she replaced Sonia Kruger Steven Jacobs Lauren Phillips and Denis Walter to present the show Helloworld with returning hosts Bec Hewitt Vince Sorrenti Ray Martin Matt Wilson and Ashley Hart and former broadcast on the Nine Network See also EditList of Commonwealth Games records in swimming List of Olympic medalists in swimming women List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming women List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming women World record progression 4 100 metres medley relayReferences Edit 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 a b Seven s Summer of Tennis 2018 PDF Seven West Media 15 December 2017 p 4 Retrieved 25 January 2018 a b c Gilding Kendall Giaan Rooney Kendall Gilding Kendall Gilding Retrieved 25 January 2018 Celebrity Baby News Giaan Rooney and Sam Levett Waltzing More Than Matilda WordPress Retrieved 25 January 2018 Star swimmer Giaan Rooney has given birth New Idea magazine Pacific Magazines Retrieved 25 January 2018 a b Bellamy Louise 25 November 2004 Eyeing the talent pool The Age The Age Company Ltd Retrieved 25 January 2018 Individual Gold Medallists Swimming Australia Swimming Australia Retrieved 25 January 2018 Relay Gold Medallists Swimming Australia Swimming Australia Retrieved 25 January 2018 a b Giaan Rooney Australian Olympic Committee Australian Olympic Committee Retrieved 25 January 2018 9th FINA World Swimming Championships Results 200m W Freestyle Federation Internationale de Natation Federation Internationale de Natation FINA Retrieved 25 January 2018 2001 Australia Disqualification Womens 4x200m Free Graham McKenzie Thomas Rooney 2 of 2 Retrieved 8 March 2022 via YouTube Saltau Chloe 28 July 2003 Olympic start in doubt as medley team disqualified The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 25 January 2018 Individual Silver and Bronze Medallists Swimming Australia Swimming Australia Retrieved 25 January 2018 Officials check claims Rooney robbed of gold in timing blunder The Sydney Morning Herald 2 April 2006 Starke Petra 21 October 2009 Giaan Rooney hosts Battlefronts News com au Retrieved 25 January 2018 Bond University 2008 Games Fever Retrieved 6 April 2008 Byrne Fiona 18 January 2011 Bali getaway seals marriage proposal for Giaan Rooney Herald Sun Retrieved 25 January 2018 Duck Siobhan 3 February 2013 Weatherman David Brown dumped in favour of former swimmer Giaan Rooney Sunday Herald Sun Retrieved 25 January 2018 Jane Bunn back on Victorian television nightly from next month Weekly Times 21 November 2014 Retrieved 25 January 2018 Crane Kris 1 October 2015 Giaan Rooney to be sports anchor for Seven Brisbane The Courier Mail Retrieved 25 January 2018 Brain Anna 3 April 2018 Why Giaan is happy to be on drier ground Heraldsun com au Retrieved 8 March 2022 External links EditGiaan Rooney at IMDb Giaan Rooney at Commonwealth Games Australia Giaan Rooney at the Australian Olympic Committee Giaan Rooney at Olympedia Giaan Rooney at FINA Media officesPreceded byJennifer Keyte Seven News Melbourne Weekend weather presenterJune 2014 February 2015 Succeeded byDavid BrownPreceded byDavid Brown Seven News Melbourne Weather presenterFebruary 2013 January 2014 Succeeded byJo Silvagni Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Giaan Rooney amp oldid 1127909598, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
