Jeff Hardy (swimmer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jeff Hardy (swimmer)

Australian swimmer

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1959

Place of Birth: Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Jeff Hardy (swimmer)

  • Jeffrey "Jeff" Lewis Hardy, OAM (born 13 March 1959) is an Australian swimmer with a vision impairment.
  • Hardy was born in the New South Wales town of Narrabri.
  • At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, he won two gold medals in the Men's 100 m Butterfly B2 and Men's 400 m Freestyle B2 events, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia, and a bronze medal in the Men's 200 m Medley B2 event.
  • On 16 November 1997 in Brisbane, he set a 1500 m S12 world record that has remained unsurpassed as of August 2017, with a time of 18:57.10.
  • At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Men's 400 m Freestyle S12 event.
  • In 2001, he was inducted into the Sunshine Coast Sports Hall of Fame.

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