Adrien Hardy (born 30 July 1978) is a French rower and Olympic gold medallist. At Olympic level, in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, Hardy won the gold medal in the men's double sculls event, rowing with

Sébastien Vieilledent Sébastien Vieilledent (born 26 August 1976 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes Alpes-Maritimes (; oc, Aups Maritims; it, Alpi Marittime, "Maritime Alps") is a department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the Italian b ...

. He also competed at the

2000 Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

(with Frédéric Kowal),

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

(with Jean-Baptiste Macquet) and, in the quadruple sculls event, at the

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

(with Benjamin Chabanet, Matthieu Androdias and Pierre-Jean Peltier). 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). At European level he has two medals, one gold and one bronze, in the men's eight event.

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* * * * 1978 births Living people French male rowers Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for France Sportspeople from Nîmes Olympic gold medalists for France European Rowing Championships medalists 21st-century French people {{France-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub