Jessica Hardy

Jessica Adele Hardy Meichtry (born March 12, 1987) 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.

Jessica Hardy
Personal information
Full nameJessica Adele Hardy Meichtry
National team United States
Born (1987-03-12) March 12, 1987
Orange, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
WebsiteJessicaHardy.net
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbreaststroke, freestyle
ClubGolden West Swim Club, Trojan Swim Club, Irvine Novaquatics
College teamUniversity of California, Berkeley
CoachMark Schubert, Dave Salo
Medal record
Representing the United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 1
World Championships (LC) 3 5 2
World Championships (SC) 4 3 2
Pan Pacific Championships 6 1 0
Total 14 9 5
Olympic Games
2012 London 4×100 m medley
2012 London 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2007 Melbourne 50 m breaststroke
2011 Shanghai 50 m breaststroke
2013 Barcelona 4×100 m medley
2005 Montreal 50 m breaststroke
2005 Montreal 100 m breaststroke
2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley
2007 Melbourne 4×100 m medley
2011 Shanghai 4×100 m freestyle
2013 Barcelona 50 m breaststroke
2013 Barcelona 100 m breaststroke
World Championships (SC)
2008 Manchester 50 m breaststroke
2008 Manchester100 m breaststroke
2008 Manchester 4×100 m medley
2012 Istanbul 4×100 m freestyle
2006 Shanghai 4×100 m medley
2010 Dubai 4×100 m freestyle
2010 Dubai 4×100 m medley
2006 Shanghai 50 m breaststroke
2012 Istanbul 4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
2006 Victoria 4×100 m medley
2010 Irvine 50 m freestyle
2010 Irvine 50 m breaststroke
2010 Irvine 4×100 m freestyle
2010 Irvine 4×100 m medley
2014 Gold Coast 100 m breaststroke
2014 Gold Coast 4×100 m medley

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.

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