Anne Jardin
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| Full name | Anne Elizabeth Jardin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 26, 1959 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Pointe-Claire Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anne Elizabeth Jardin (born July 26, 1959), later known by her married name Anne Alexander, is a Canadian former competition swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in her hometown of Montreal.[1]
She finished third in the women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay, alongside Becky Smith, Gail Amundrud and Barbara Clark, and also ended up in third place in the 4x100 medley relay, with Wendy Cook, Robin Corsiglia and Susan Sloan. She broke the world record in the 50-metre freestyle on August 19, 1978, in Etobicoke, Ontario.
Jardin is currently a physical education teacher, as well as a Student Success teacher at Frank Ryan Senior Elementary School in Ottawa, Ontario.[2]
Her niece, Barbara Jardin, is a swimmer who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 50 metres freestyle
References
- ^ a b Bergeron, Alain (August 1, 2012). "Slow start dooms Canadian freestyle relay". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ Profile at Sports Reference
External links
- 1959 births
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- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Olympic swimmers for Canada
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Swimmers from Montreal
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- Swimmers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games