Jere Hård

Jere Hård (born 7 December 1978 in Jyväskylä, Finland)^[1] is a retired male freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Finland. He twice swam for his native country at the Olympics: in 2000 and 2004.

Jere Hård

Personal information
Full name	Jere Johannes Hård
Nationality	Finland
Born	(1978-12-07) 7 December 1978 (age 46) Jyväskylä, Finland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle and butterfly
Club	Swimming Jyväskylä
Medal record European Championships (LC) 2000 Helsinki 50 m butterfly 2002 Berlin 50 m butterfly European Championships (SC) 2002 Riesa 50 m butterfly 2000 Valencia 50 m butterfly 2002 Riesa 100 m freestlye 2004 Vienna 50 m butterfly 2006 Helsinki 4×50 m medley 1999 Lisboa 50 m butterfly 2004 Vienna 4×50 m medley

He mainly excelled in the – non-Olympic – 50 m butterfly event, in both long (50 m) and short course (25 m).