Jessica Hardy

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Jessica Hardy

Personal information
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 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 Manchester 100 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

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.

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.