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Place of Birth: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
About Tanya Harding
- Tanya Victoria Harding (born 23 January 1972 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian softball player, who has competed for Australia at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.
- Three times she claimed a bronze medal (1996, 2000, 2008), and once a silver medal (2004). The Queenslander was ranked in the top five pitchers in the world for over a decade.
- In 1995, Harding enrolled at UCLA for one quarter.
- She played on the squad that won the NCAA women's softball championships, defeating Arizona.
- She left the school after the tournament.
- She was named most valuable player for the championship tournament.However, in 1997 UCLA was stripped of its 1995 title for scholarship violations.
- Three softball players had been granted soccer scholarships, putting the Bruins three over the limit for softball.
- Although the three players involved were not identified, it was believed that one of them was Harding.
- Runner-up Arizona was not declared the champion, as there was no way to determine if Arizona would have won had Harding not been involved.
- Officially, there is no champion for 1995.
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