| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 22, 1991 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Piscines du Parc Olympique |
Barbara Jardin (born October 22, 1991) is a Canadian competitive swimmer, who lives in Montreal. [1] [2] 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 the finals in her semifinal, finishing 10th overall. [3] She was also a member of the Canadian team that finished fourth in the final of the women's 4x200-metre freestyle relay. [3]
Jardin is a niece of Anne Jardin-Alexander, who won two bronze medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [2] [4] She took up swimming at the age of four, and belonged to the Cote des Neiges swimming club. [2] In 2010, she competed in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Commonwealth Games and World Championships. [3] She was named Swimming Canada's Female Sprint Freestyle Swimmer of the Year in 2011, having competed in 200 m and 400 m freestyle at the World Championships. [2] [3] She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2014, after a prolonged period of fatigue. [2] Jardin retired from competitive swimming in 2016. [2]
