Jere Hård
Personal information
Full nameJere Johannes Hård
Nationality Finland
Born (1978-12-07) 7 December 1978
Jyväskylä, Finland
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle and butterfly
ClubSwimming Jyväskylä
Medal record
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2000 Helsinki 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2002 Berlin 50 m butterfly
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2002 Riesa 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2000 Valencia 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2002 Riesa 100 m freestlye
Silver medal – second place 2004 Vienna 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2006 Helsinki 4×50 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Lisboa 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Vienna 4×50 m medley

Jere Hård (born 7 December 1978 in Jyväskylä, Finland)[1] is a retired male freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Finland. He twice swam for his native country at the Olympics: in 2000 and 2004.

He mainly excelled in the – non-Olympic – 50 m butterfly event, in both long (50 m) and short course (25 m).

References

  1. ↑ Hård's entry Archived 25 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine on www.sports-reference.com.


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