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Jessica Hardy

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Career Highlights

Won gold in the 50m breast and swam a leg on the silver medal winning 4x100m free relay at the 2011 FINA World Championships; also finished eighth in the 50m free ... won the 100m breast at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships ... Helped the 4x100m free-relay and 4x100m med-relay teams bring home two silver medals at the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships ... Four-time gold medalist
at the 2010 MOO Pan Pacific Championships … earned gold and broke the 50m and 100m breaststroke world records at the 2008 Short Course World Championships … at the 2005 World Championships, in which she was a U.S. National Team Rookie, set a world record in the semis of the 100m breast before ultimately finishing second in the finals; also earned silver in the 50, breast and as a member of the 400m medley relay … won the 50m breast and captured silver on the 400m medley relay at the 2007 World Championships … won her first NCAA title in the 100y breast at the 2006 NCAA Championships

World Champs History

2011: Gold, 50m BR; Silver, 400m FR-R; 8, 50m FR ... 2007: Gold, 50m BR; Silver, 400m MR-R(pr); 4, 100m BR ... 2005: Silver, 50 & 100m BR and 400m MR (set 100 WR in sf-now broken)

World Champs History

2007: Gold 50 Br

World Champs History

WC Medal Count: 5 - 1G, 4S

World Champs History

2011: Gold 50 BR, 8th 50 FR, Silver 4x100 FR-R

Pan Pacs History

2010: Gold, 50m BR & 50m FR & 400m FR-R & 400m MR; 6, 50m FL ... 2006: Gold, 400m MR; 9, 100m BR(CR in finals)

SC Worlds History

2008: Gold, 50m & 100m BR (WR); 400m MR-R; 4, 50m FR ... 2006: Silver, 400m MR(pr); Bronze, 50m BR; 4, 100m BR

SC Worlds History

2010: Silver 4x100 Fr-R, 4x100 Med-R

Duel in the Pool History

2011: 1, 100m BR; 2, 4x100m FR-R (AM) ... 2009: Gold, 400m MR(WR); Silver, 50m FR & 100m BR ... 2007: 4, 100m BR; 7, 50m FR ... 2005: Silver, 50 & 100m BR and 400m MR (set 100 WR in sf-now broken)

Olympic Trials History

2008: 1, 100m BR; 2, 50m FR; 4, 100m FR

U.S. Nationals History

2011: 1, 100m BR ... 2010: 2, 100m FR; 6, 50m FR; 7, 100m BR

U.S. Nationals History

2011 Winter- Gold 50 Fr, Gold 100 Fr ,Silver 100 Br

Short Course National Championships

2009: 2, 50y FR; 9, 100y BR

NCAA History

2007(So): 1, 100y BR/400y MR-R; 2, 200y MR-R; 14, 100y FR ... 2006(Fr): 1, 100y BR; 3, 400y MR-R; 4, 200y MR-R; 18, 200y BR

Fun Facts

High School

Long Beach Wilson '05

College Major

Communications

Future Professional Aspirations

Sports Media/Marketing

Parents

George Hardy and Denise Robinson … father is a chemical engineer, and mother is a Psychotherapist … Denise was a former swimmer at Indiana State University … stepfather is Bill Robinson, and he is an aviation and intellectual properties attorney who attended the U.S. Naval Academy

Sibling(s)

Younger sister (Amanda) is attending the University of Southern California. Stepsister (Kerri Robinson-Johnson) works as a corporate marketer for Coca Cola.

Notable Relative(s)

Grandfather (John Tourtellot) was on the crew team at Columbia University and maternal grandfather invented the diamond tip needle on the record player

Started Swimming

Age 7... Started going to the community pool during the summer...noticed a club team at the pool and asked mom if she could go "beat them," instead of asking to join the team. Shortly after she decided to join the swim team.

Sports Played Before Swimming

Water polo

Nickname(s)

Jess

Pet(s)

An Abyssinian cat, named King Tut

Hobbies Outside the Pool

All water sports (body surfing, scuba diving and stand up paddle board), hanging out with friends and family … also enjoys photography and reading

Ultimate Way to Relax

Laying out on a tropical beach for vacation or on the beach at home in Long Beach

Most Influential Person

Dave Salo, Staciana Stitts, parents … “My parents have always supported me, through the ups and downs.”

Charities

Surf Aid International...hosts "Swim 4 Humanity" events to help those suffering from malaria and other waterbone diseases

Training Stats

Swims 6,000 meters/yards per day, 3 hours a day, 6 days a week

More

Role model: Her mom ... "My mom is selfless to the point where she sacrificed her life to help me."

Favorites

U.S. city: Long Beach, Calif. ... int'l destination: Europe ... musician: Madonna ... summer activity: sleeping in the sun

Favorites

Movie: Almost Famous ... TV show: Planet Earth... Holiday tradition: Tamales on Christmas Eve

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