Jessica Hardy
American swimmer (born 1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jessica Adele Hardy Meichtry (born March 12, 1987[1]) is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in breaststroke and freestyle events. Hardy earned a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle and a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relays at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Jessica Adele Hardy Meichtry |
National team | United States |
Born | (1987-03-12) March 12, 1987 (age 37) Orange, California, U.S. |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
Website | JessicaHardy.net |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | breaststroke, freestyle |
Club | Golden West Swim Club, Trojan Swim Club, Irvine Novaquatics |
College team | University of California, Berkeley |
Coach | Mark Schubert, Dave Salo |
Medal record |
She has won a total of twenty-eight medals in major international competition, fourteen gold, nine silver, and five bronze spanning the Olympics, World and the Pan Pacific Championships.
From 2008 to 2009, Hardy served a 12 month suspension from swimming competition due to an anti-doping rule violation at the 2008 Olympic Trials. She maintained her innocence, stating that tainted supplements resulted in the positive test. Hardy returned to competition in 2009, setting new long course world records in the 50-meter breaststroke and 100-meter breaststroke at the 2009 U.S. Open Swimming Championships.