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Full name | Anne Elizabeth Jardin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | July 26, 1959|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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