James Hardy (January 15, 1923 – September 20, 1986) was an American competition rower, born in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

, and Olympic champion, and later traffic engineer. He won a gold medal in ''coxed eights'' at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

, as a member of the American team.Profile: Jim Hardy
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1923 births 1986 deaths Rowers from San Francisco Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing American male rowers Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub