Amanda Jane Hardy (born 10 December 1971) is a retired female

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player from Australia. Hardy was a ladies doubles and mixed doubles specialist.

Career

Hardy competed in

badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles) as well as a new event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rath ...

in women's doubles with

Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator (born 23 August 1966) is a retired female badminton player from Australia. Career Cator competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Anna Lao, and they lost in quarterfinal to Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen. ...

and the mixed doubles with

Paul Stevenson Paul Joseph Stevenson OAM (born 12 September 1955) is an Australian psychologist. Professional career – disaster intervention and support Stevenson has wide experience in general and trauma counselling and is widely recognised as an interna ...

. She also competed at the

2000 Summer 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 ...

in the ladies doubles with

and the mixed doubles with

David Bamford David Phillip Bamford (born 29 March 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former Australian badminton player. On 22 June 2000, Bamford was awarded the Australian Sports Medal The Australian Sports Medal is an award given to recognise achievemen ...

. Hardy competed at two

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

( Victoria 1994 – bronze medal, Kuala Lumpur 1998 – bronze medal).

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* * * * * * * 1971 births Living people Australian female badminton players Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Olympic badminton players for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton People from Altona, Victoria Sportspeople from Melbourne Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-badminton-bio-stub