[1] Hansen won his three bronze medals at the Atlanta (1996), Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004) Olympic games[1][2] His professional career includes founding high-performance consultancy Athlete Assessments in 2007, and Team8[3] which presents to corporate audiences.

[9] Hanson competed in his second Olympic Games at Atlanta 1996 where he won a bronze medal in the quadruple sculls[2] with Snook, Free and Janusz Hooker new to the bow seat.

Australia's prominent crew of the early nineties, the Oarsome Foursome were in their first year of a post Olympics comeback in 1998 and they raced in coxed boats.

Together with Ben Dodwell and the twins Geoff and James Stewart, Hansen moved into the Australian men's coxless four with their eyes on a 2000 Olympics campaign.

At Sydney 2000 with Hanson at stroke they again came up against the same champion British four they'd met in 1998 - Redgrave, Pinsent, James Cracknell and Tim Foster.

[1] Hanson studied the DISC behavioural theory, the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator, Emotional Intelligence and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP).

[1] Hanson commenced a professional career post-rowing using the experiences gained at the Olympics as well as formal university education, and training and development qualifications.

[1][4] Hanson's presentations include leadership development and all aspects of teamwork - goal setting, team attitudes and communication.

[1][4] Commencing in September 2019, Bo began presenting a series of team leadership modules in partnership with Fitzroy Australia Resources to their Carborough Downs colliery employees.