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| Full name | Marie Hardiman | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 July 1975 Walsall, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | City of Birmingham SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marie Hardiman (born 21 July 1975) is a female English former competitive swimmer.
Hardiman won a bronze medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1993 European Aquatics Championships. [1] She finished 14th in the same event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [2] In 1995 she set a national record in the same 200-metre breaststroke that stood for five years. [3] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres breaststroke title in 1994, [4] the 200 metres breaststroke title in 1993, 1994 and 1995 and the 400 metres medley title in 1994. [5] [6] [7]
She represented England and won a silver medal in the medley relay event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. [8] [9] [10]
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