Jeffrey "Jeff" Lewis Hardy, OAM[1][2] (born 13 March 1959)[3] is an Australian swimmer with a vision impairment. Hardy was born in the New South Wales town of Narrabri.[3] 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,[1] and a bronze medal in the Men's 200 m Medley B2 event.[4] 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.[5] At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Men's 400 m Freestyle S12 event.[4] In 2001, he was inducted into the Sunshine Coast Sports Hall of Fame.[6]
 Close up of Hardy in action at the pool at the 2000 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jeffrey Lewis Hardy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 March 1959 Narrabri, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b "Hardy, Jeffrey Lewis, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ "Athlete's Profile". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 December 2000. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Australians at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: Swimmers". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 20 January 2000. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "IPC Swimming World Records Long Course" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Jeff Hardy (2001) Swimming". Sunshine Coast Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  | This biographical article related to an Australian swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
.svg){kind=small}   | This article about a Paralympic medalist of Australia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |