Barbara Jardin

Barbara Jardin
Personal information
Full nameBarbara Jardin
National team Canada
Born (1991-10-22) October 22, 1991 (age 33)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubPiscines du Parc Olympique

Barbara Jardin (born October 22, 1991) is a Canadian competitive swimmer, who lives in Montreal.[1][2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she finished 6th overall in the heats in the women's 200-metre freestyle, and narrowly missed qualifying for the finals in her semifinal, finishing 10th overall.[3] She was also a member of the Canadian team that finished fourth in the final of the women's 4x200-metre freestyle relay.[3]

Jardin is a niece of Anne Jardin-Alexander, who won two bronze medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2][4] She took up swimming at the age of four, and belonged to the Cote des Neiges swimming club.[2] In 2010, she competed in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Commonwealth Games and World Championships.[3] She was named Swimming Canada's Female Sprint Freestyle Swimmer of the Year in 2011, having competed in 200 m and 400 m freestyle at the World Championships.[2][3] She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2014, after a prolonged period of fatigue.[2] Jardin retired from competitive swimming in 2016.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Barbara Jardin". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Barbara JARDIN | Profile | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  3. ^ a b c d "Barbara Jardin". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  4. ^ Bergeron, Alain (August 1, 2012). "Slow start dooms Canadian freestyle relay". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2 August 2012.