Adrien Hardy
French rower and Olympic gold medallist
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Adrien Hardy (born 30 July 1978) is a French rower and Olympic gold medallist.[1]
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Medal record
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At Olympic level, in 2004, Hardy won the gold medal in the men's double sculls event, rowing with Sébastien Vieilledent.[2] He also competed at the 2000 Olympics (with Frédéric Kowal), 2008 Olympics (with Jean-Baptiste Macquet) and, in the quadruple sculls event, at the 2012 Olympics (with Benjamin Chabanet, Matthieu Androdias and Pierre-Jean Peltier).[3]
At world level he has won two gold medals in the double sculls, in 2003 (with Sébastien Vieilledent) and in 2006 (with Jean-Baptiste Macquet), and two silver medals, in 2001 (with Sébastien Vieilledent) and 2007 (with Jean-Baptiste Macquet).[4][5][6][7]
At European level he has two medals, one gold and one bronze, in the men's eight event.[8][9]
