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Jessica Hardy

1987 - Today

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Jessica Hardy is the 407th most popular swimmer (up from 455th in 2024), the 18,198th most popular biography from United States (up from 18,436th in 2019) and the 134th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Jessica Hardy ranks 407 out of 709. Before her are Bruno Fratus, Ian Crocker, Veniamin Tayanovich, Lotte Friis, Yannick Agnel, and Petar Stoychev. After her are Arkady Vyatchanin, Ye Shiwen, Dániel Gyurta, Svetlana Romashina, Anastasiya Yermakova, and Pan Zhanle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Jessica Hardy ranks 872. Before her are Édgar Benítez, Rémy Riou, Armando Cooper, Dotter, Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, and Bessam. After her are Lucie Castets, Mohammad Ahsan, Mariya Ryemyen, Sevgil Musayeva, Filip Filipović, and Asami Konno.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jessica Hardy ranks 18,206 out of 20,380. Before her are Utkarsh Ambudkar (1983), Riley Voelkel (1990), Joey Vera (1963), Jackie Walorski (1963), Charles Michael Davis (1984), and Martin Heinrich (1971). After her are Scott Raynor (1978), Gyasi Zardes (1991), Ed Perlmutter (1953), Chanel Iman (1990), J. G. Quintel (1982), and Carrie Hamilton (1963).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Jessica Hardy ranks 134. Before her are Rowdy Gaines (1959), Brendan Hansen (1981), Crissy Ahmann-Leighton (1970), Chris Jacobs (1964), Steve Lundquist (1961), and Ian Crocker (1982). After her are Jeff Rouse (1970), Amy Van Dyken (1973), Theresa Andrews (1962), Kelsi Dahlia (1994), Jenna Johnson (1967), and Tom Malchow (1976).

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