Anne Elizabeth Jardin (born July 26, 1959), later known by her married name Anne Alexander, is a Canadian former competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who won two bronze medals at the

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in her hometown of Montreal. She finished third in the women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay, alongside Becky Smith,

Gail Amundrud Gail Amundrud-Beattie (born April 6, 1957) is a former competition freestyle swimmer from Canada. Swimming career At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Amundrud won a bronze medal in the women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay, alongsi ...

and

Barbara Clark Barbara Lynne Clark (born September 24, 1958), later known by her married name Barbara Parolin, is a former competitive swimmer from Canada, who competed primarily in international freestyle events. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Q ...

, and also ended up in third place in the 4x100 medley relay, with

Wendy Cook Wendy Elizabeth Hogg née Wendy Cook (born September 15, 1956) is a female retired Canadian swimmer. Swimming career She competed in backstroke and medley relay events at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the relay in 1976; in ...

Robin Corsiglia Robin Marie Corsiglia (born August 12, 1962), later known by her married name Robin Scholefield, is a former competitive swimmer from Canada. She represented Canada as a 13 year old at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. Corsiglia won ...

and

Susan Sloan Susan Estelle Sloan (born April 5, 1958), later known by her married name Susan Kelsey, is a former Canadian competitive swimmer. Sloan won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, by swimming the butterfly leg for the third-pla ...

. 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

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Barbara Jardin Barbara Jardin (born October 22, 1991) is a Canadian competitive swimmer, who lives in Montreal. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she finished 6th overall in the heats in the women's 200-metre freestyle, and narrowly missed qualifying for ...

, is a swimmer who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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