Giaan Rooney Bio, Age, Wife, Net Worth, Seven Network, Summer Olympics

Giaan Rooney Biography

Giaan Rooney OAM is a former competitive swimmer and television personality from Australia. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she earned an Olympic gold medal and set a world record as a member of the Australian women’s 4100-meter medley relay team. Rooney is currently a television presenter in Australia.

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How old is Giaan Rooney? – Age

She is 40 years old as of 15 November 2022. She was born in 1982 in Brisbane, Australia. Her real name is Giaan Leigh Rooney.

Giaan Rooney Education

Rooney was born in Brisbane and relocated to the Gold Coast with her family when she was eight years old, where she attended Miami State Primary School and All Saints Anglican School.

Is Giaan Rooney still married?

Sam Levett is Giaan’s wife. Rooney gave birth to her first child, a boy, on March 17, 2014, and a girl on June 14, 2017.

Giaan Rooney Net Worth

She has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.

Giaan Rooney Seven Network

Rooney joined the Seven Network in December 2012 as a fill-in weather presenter on Seven News Melbourne while David Brown was on vacation, then in February 2013, she was appointed permanent weather presenter on Seven News Melbourne, replacing Brown, who was promoted to network meteorologist. Rooney took maternity leave in January 2014, and was succeeded by Jo Silvagni. In June 2014, she returned from maternity leave to present weather on weekends.

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Rooney left as Seven News Melbourne’s weekend weather presenter in February 2015, and in October 2015, she became Seven News Brisbane’s sports anchor. She is no longer in this position, but she is still a member of the Seven Network’s news and sports division.

Rooney was a member of the Seven Network’s 2018 Commonwealth Games commentary crew in April 2018. She took over as the Seven Network’s Helloworld host in late 2019, replacing Sonia Kruger, Steven Jacobs, Lauren Phillips, and Denis Walter, with returning hosts Bec Hewitt, Vince Sorrenti, Ray Martin, Matt Wilson, and Ashley Hart, who previously hosted the show on the Nine Network.

Giaan Rooney Swimming

Rooney started her swimming profession at age 11 at the Miami club in Queensland, where she was trained by Denis Cotterell. She prepared with Award Hackett and Daniel Kowalski, and later moved to Melbourne, where she was trained by Ian Pope. Rooney made her global swimming presentation for Australia at the 1998 Region Games, where she won a gold decoration in the 100 m backstroke as a 15-year-old. She additionally contended in the gold award winning 4×100-meter mixture transfer group at the 1998 Games.

Rooney won two silver decorations at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, including the 4×200-meter free-form transfer and 4×100-meter mixture hand-off. In 2001, she guaranteed the best on the planet title in the 200 m free-form at the 2001 Fukuoka World Swimming Titles in Japan. Notwithstanding, the Australian ladies’ group was excluded after they bounced in the water to praise their success.

Rooney contended in the 2002 Republic Games in Manchester, Britain, winning silver in the 4×200-meter free-form transfer and bronze in the 100-meter backstroke. In 2004, she won a gold decoration in world record time at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the ladies’ 4×100-meter Variety Transfer, swimming an individual best and new Australian record season of 1:01.18.

After Award Hackett’s withdrawal from the 2006 Republic Games because of injury, Rooney was delegated as the commander of the public swimming crew. She won a silver decoration in the 100-meter backstroke and qualified quickest for the 50-meter backstroke. Nonetheless, she was irritated about Sophie Edington by 0.01 seconds, winning a silver decoration. Rooney resigned from cutthroat swimming after this meet.